Parts of the brain
What are the three main sections of the brain.
Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
What is the most basic unit of the nervous system and what is its role?
Neurons, transmit electrical signals to and from the brain.
What is a stimuli
A change in your environment that your body can sense.
What are the two types of memory
Short term and long term.
Brain, spinal cords, nerves
Which part of the brain controls the left side of your body and creative thinking pursuits
The right hemisphere
Bonus points: what does the left hemisphere control
About how many neurons do humans have in their body?
80-100 Billion
The specific nerve endings that receive the information from stimuli and send it to the Central Nervous System to be processed are called
Sensory Receptors
This part of your memory is responsible for holding but not manipulating a small amount of information for active use for immediate use.
Short Term Memory
The central nervous system contains what parts.
The peripheral nervous system contains what parts.
Brain and spinal cord.
All other nerves in your body.
Where are the frontal and occipital lobes located and what are there functions
Frontal- Behind forehead, memory, emotions, problem solving
Occipital- Back of head, visual processing
There are two main kind of neurons what are they and what do they do?
Sensory - Take in information from outside and send it to the brain
Motor - send signals from our brain to other parts of our body
What is the name of the sense that your body uses to tell where it is in space
Proprioception
This type of memory is coded, stored, and retrievable.
Long term memory.
The peripheral nervous system consists of two main sections, what are those sections?
Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Where are the parietal and temporal lobes located and what are there functions
Parietal - top of head, processing sensory information
Temporal- side of brain behind ears, language and verbal information (Talking)
What tree like part of the neurons receives signals from other neurons?
Dendrite
Bonus: what trunk like part of the neuron sends signals.
Which sensory receptors would you use to taste some delicious pizza.
Chemoreceptor
What is retrieval
The process of accessing the memory from your brain to use.
This section of the nervous system is responsible for conscious control of your body
The somatic nervous system
What is the job of the cerebellum?
Control balance, walking and complex motor functions.
What is a synapse and what does it use?
The gap in between neurons where signals are transferred. Neurotransmitters are used to transfer signals.
Which sensory receptor would you use to feel when it is -30 Celsius outside?
Thermoreceptor
What is a strategy to store memory more efficiently
Memory cues, music, rehearsal. Etc.
This part of the nervous system controls the unconscious or automatic functions of the body.
Bonus if you can name the two parts of this system.
Autonomic nervous system.