BRAINS
The three main parts of the brain.
What are the brain stem, cerebellum and cerebrum?
A long piece of nerve tissue that runs from the brain down through the backbone and is responsible for sending and receiving information for and from the brain.
What is spinal cord?
A signal travels through the optic nerve to the brain is the sense that is being used.
What is sight?
This part of the brain is responsible for the heartbeat.
What is the brain stem?
Tiny fibers found in the spinal cord and throughout the body. They carry messages throughout the body.
What are nerves?
Signals that travel along the auditory nerve to the brain.
What is hearing?
This is the larger part of the brain and is responsible for interpreting the sense of sight.
What is the cerebrum?
It allows us to use our five senses.
What are nerves?
Nerve cells in the skin help us with this sense.
What is touch?
The part of the brain that helps us balance and directs skeletal muscle.
What is cerebellum?
Certain nerves in the spine and brain that tell the body to respond really fast.
What are reflexes?
The feeling that a human experiences when they touch a hot stove.
What is pain?
The brain stem connects to the ____________.
What is spinal cord?
Touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell are all _______.
What are senses?
Animals process sensory ______________ that they receive.
What is information?