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Parts of the Brain 1
Parts of the Brain 2
Brain parts & Neurons
Neurons
Miscellaneous
100
The part of the brain that processes hearing and speech/language and sensory input.
What is the temporal lobe?
100
This part of the brain makes decisions
Frontal lobe
100
The center that controls balance and coordination is the
cerebellum
100
What is a neuron?
A cell that carries electrical impulse messages throughout the body
100
The short extension of a nerve cell that receives messages from the cell next to it
dendrites
200
The lobe that processes vision is the
occipital lobe
200
The part of the brain responsible for long term memory
hippocampus
200
The relay station of the brain is called the
thalamus
200
Name the parts of a neuron.
axon, dendrite, synapse, cell body
200
The long extension of a nerve cell that carries a message away from the cell body
axon
300
Emotions are activated in the
amygdala
300
Name the 3 main parts of the brain.
cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem
300
The brain stem is responsible for
breathing, heart beat, and survival
300
A synapse is
a small gap between two neurons that messages must cross
300
A sensory neuron is a
neuron that brings information from the five senses to the brain
400
What increases the surface area of the brain?
Gyri and Sulci
400
Sensory touch information and outgoing motion is processed in the
parietal lobe
400
The time it takes for a stimulus to produce a reaction
reaction time
400
A neurotransmitter is a
chemical reaction that takes the electrical messages across the synapse to the next dendrite.
400
A motor neuron's job is to
carry messages from the brain to the muscles
500
The part of the brain that connects and communicates between the right and left hemispheres is the
corpus callosum
500
The gray matter that analyzes messages is the
cerebral cortex
500
Describe how a signal crosses the synapse.
500
Explain a neuron pathway (in order).
Stimulus---receptors---sensory neurons---brain neurons---spinal motor neurons---motor neurons---response