Sleep
What is the average recommended amount of sleep?
7 or more hours.
When is it an important time for brain development?
Adolescence
What three basic units can the brain be divided into?
Forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.
How many Americans are treated and released from hospital emergency departments as a result of traumatic brain injury?
One million
Where is the brain stem located?
The bottom, stalk like portion of your brain.
True or False. Your brain and body stay active while you sleep.
True
What is related to social experience during adolescence?
Brain development.
What does the hindbrain include?
The upper part of the spinal cord, the brain stem, and a wrinkled ball of tissue called the cerebellum.
How many people are hospitalized from brain injury and survive?
230,000 people
What does the brain stem connect to?
The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord.
Why is sleep important?
Sleep is important to a number of brain functions, including how nerve cells communicate with each other.
True or False. The teen brain isn't ready to learn and adapt.
False
What is a wrinkled ball of tissue called in the context of brains?
Cerebellum
How does brain injury affect balance?
Balance issues are frequent in the wake of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Most typically, sensory organization issues involving the use of visual, proprioceptive, and/or vestibular information for postural control are to blame for dizziness, unsteadiness, or imbalance symptoms.
What does the brainstem do?
Your brainstem sends messages to the rest of your body to regulate balance, breathing, heart rate and more.
What have recent findings suggested about sleep?
Sleep plays a housekeeping role that removes toxins in your brain that build up while you're awake.
Do most teens get enough sleep?
What controls the body's vital functions like the respiration and heart rate?
The hindbrain
What are the top 3 causes of brain injury?
A fall, firearm-related injury, motor vehicle crash, or an assault.
What can affect how your brain stem works?
Which organ is responsible for sleep?
Your sleep patterns are controlled by melatonin, which is released by the pineal gland. At night, levels rise and you become drowsy. Your pituitary gland releases growth hormone as you sleep, assisting your body in self-repair and growth.
When does mental illness being to appear?
During adolescence.
What are the 5 regions of the brain?
Telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, and myelencephalon.
How can brain injury affect your life?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is moderate or severe can alter a person's physicality, cognition, emotions, and behavior for the rest of their lives. The ability of a person to operate in daily life may be impacted by these changes.
What 3 important things does the brain stem regulate?
The brainstem receives, transmits, and coordinates messages from the brain. Several of the body's automatic processes, including breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, swallowing, digesting, and blinking, are also under its control.