Brain Structures
Endocrine System and Nervous System
Development
Fun Facts
Neurons
100

Structure Responsible for critical thinking, planning, and judgement.

What is frontal lobe?

100
The gland that stimulates growth and regulates other glands.

What is the pituitary gland?

100

The stage of life that the brain develop quickest besides the first 10 weeks of life

What is puberty?

100
Mr. Cole's first name

What is Jake?

100

The long terminal that carries messages across a neruon.

What is axon?

200

Structure responsible for vision.

What is occipital lobe?

200
The hormones released by the ovaries.

What is estrogen and progesterone?

200

The most essential element for brain development (What you do in your daily life)

What is sleep?

200

The name of the man who had a rod shot through his head in a work accident, leading to the discovery that the brain has different locations for different functions

Who is Phineas Gage?

200

The space between neurons where neurotransmitters pass.

What is synapse or synaptic gap?

300

Structure responsible for long-term memory.

What is hippocampus?

300
The response triggered by the adrenal glands.

What is fight or flight?

300

The reason the brain crinkles up.

What is to make space for neural connections?

300

The state that the documentary "Inside the Teenage Brain" was filmed.

What is Rhode Island?

300

The fatty covering over the axon.

What is myelin sheath?

400

The job of the cerebellum.

What is balance and coordination?

400

The two types of nervous systems.

What are the central and peripheral nervous system?

400

The name for the stage of brain development within the first 10 weeks of life

What is the primative brain?

400

The disease that results in the decaying of the myelin sheaths of neurons in the brain, leading to muscular and neurological disorders.

What is Multiple-Sclerosis (MS)?

400

The neurotransmitter responsible for general mood and happiness. 

What is serotonin? 

500

The fluid that surrounds and protects the brain.

What is cerebrospinal fluid?

500

Function of autonomic nervous system.

What is carry out regular processes in the body automatically (example - heartbeat)?

500
The average weight of the brain

What is 3lbs?

500
The name of the device that tests electrical activity in the brain

What is an Electroencephalogram (EEG)?

500

The approximate number of neurons in the brain.

What is 100 billion?