Event Rules
Key Vocabulary
Core Concepts
Application or Reasoning
Diseases
100

How many people can be in a team?

What is two people?

100

What does efferent mean?

What is motor?

100

What do theromreceptors respond to?

What is temperature?

100

What's the first thing you should do if you or someone else experiences a stroke?

What is immedietely calling 911?

100

What does multiple sclerosis do?

 It attacks the central nervous system. The myelin—fatty insulation that protects nerve fibers—gets damaged and forms scar tissue (sclerosis).

200

What kind of test is it?

What is a written test?

200

What does afferent mean?

What is sensory?

200

What do sensory nerve receptors respond to?

What is stimuli?

200

What is the first main symptom of a high dose of alcohol?

What is vomiting?

200

What does parkinson’s disease do?

It causes death of neurons, many of which produce dopamine, and eventually causes tremors, bradykinesia (slowness of movement), rigidity, and postural instability (impaired balance and coordination)

300

How many calculators can a team bring?

What is two?

300

What does the Abducens nerve (CN VI) do?

What is moving your eyes from left to right?

300

What is the autonomic nervous center controlled by?

What is the subconscious?

300

What should you not do if you drank a lot of alcohol and why?

What is driving because you might fall unconscious and your reflexes aren't as fast?

300

What does cerebral palsy do?

It affects muscle tone, movement, and motor skills; usually caused by prenatal brain damage or during first 3-5 years of a child’s life

400

How long is the event?

What is 50 minutes?

400

What is the cerebrum?

What is the largest, topmost part of the human brain, accounting for about 85% of its total weight?

400

What does the sympathetic nervous center control?

What are the 4 E's (excitement, emergency, exercise, and embarrassment)

400

How would you help someone with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

What is giving them support, helping them eat, and helping them walk?

400

When does ischemic stroke occur?

When a blood vessel is blocked

500

What size can the sheet of paper be?

What is 8.5 x 11?

500

What is the brain stem?

The Brain Stem is located under the Cerebrum, and in front of the Cerebellum. It mainly controls involuntary functions such as respiration, digestion, circulation, sleep patterns, hunger and thirst, blood pressure, heart rhythms, and body temperature and moving involuntary muscles such as the heart.

500

What does the parasympathetic nervous system control?

What is the body in times of rest?

500

If you were diagnosed with alzhiemer's disease, what kind of medicine would you require?

What is boosting acetylcholine?

500

What does athetoid cerebral palsy do?

It causes involuntary and uncontrolled movements