lobes
what is the function of a frontal lobe?
Control of voluntary movement, involved in attention, short term memory tasks, motivation, planning, speech
what are some examples of how you can get a brain disease
including inflammation, trauma, tumors, stroke, seizures, infections, and degenerative nerve disease
How is our body system organized?
Our body is made of cells, cells work together to form tissue, tissues make up organs, organs make up our body’s subsystems, and all the subsystems work together to keep our body system alive and healthy.
what are hormones
Hormones are chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues. These signals tell your body what to do and when to do it. Hormones are essential for life and your health.
what is Dendrites
Dendrites are the tree-root-shaped part of the neuron which are usually shorter and more numerous than axons. Their purpose is to receive information from other neurons and to transmit electrical signals to the cell body.
What is the function of an Occipital lobe?
Center for visual processing
what is Aphasia
Aphasia is a brain disorder where a person has trouble speaking or understanding other people speaking. This happens with damage or disruptions in parts of the brain that control spoken language. It often happens with conditions like stroke.
What are nerves?
Nerves are like cables that carry electrical impulses between your brain and the rest of your body.
what is a hypothalamus
Your hypothalamus is a small region of your brain that connects to your pituitary gland through the pituitary stalk. It releases several hormones that control your pituitary gland.
what is Soma (Cell Body)
The soma, or cell body, is essentially the core of the neuron. The soma’s function is to maintain the cell and to keep the neuron functioning efficiently
what is a function of an Insular lobe
Processing and integration of taste sensation, visceral and pain sensation and vestibular functions
what is ALS
ALS, is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS causes loss of muscle control. The disease gets worse over time.
what is central nervous system
Your central nervous system is your brain and spinal cord. It receives and interprets nerve signals from your peripheral nervous system.
what is pituitary gland
Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain, behind the bridge of your nose and directly below your hypothalamus.
what is Axon
The axon, also called a nerve fiber, is a tail-like structure of the neuron that joins the cell body at a junction called the axon hillock.
What is a function of a Limbic lobe
Modulation of emotions, modulation of visceral and autonomic functions, learning, memory
What is Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face. Often the weakness is short-term and improves over weeks.
what is peripheral nervous system
Your peripheral nervous system is the network of nerves that transmit (carry) signals from all over your body to your spinal cord, which is part of your central nervous system.
what is a pineal gland
Your pineal gland is a tiny gland in your brain that’s located beneath the back part of the corpus callosum (nerve fibers that connect the two parts of your brain). It releases the hormone melatonin, which helps control your sleep-wake cycle.
what is a Myelin Sheath
The myelin sheath is a layer of fatty material that covers the axons of neurons. Its purpose is to insulate one nerve cell from another and to prevent the impulse from one neuron from interfering with the impulse from another.
What is a function of an Temporal lobe
Decoding sensory input (visual and auditory) into derived meanings for retention of visual memory and language comprehension
what is Cushing syndrome
Cushing syndrome happens when the body has too much of the hormone cortisol for a long time. This can result from the body making too much cortisol, or from taking medicines called glucocorticoids, which affect the body the same way as cortisol.
what is a Sensory nerves function
Sensory nerves carry signals to your brain to help you touch, taste, smell and see.
what is thyroid gland
Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the front of your neck under your skin. Your thyroid’s main job is to control the speed of your metabolism (metabolic rate), which is the process of how your body transforms the food you consume into energy.
what is Axon Terminals
Located at the end of the neuron, the axon terminals (terminal buttons) are responsible for transmitting signals to other neurons.