Brain Anatomy
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Protecting your Brain
Seniors
100

This part of the brain is in charge of vision

What is the occipital lobe?

100

This part of the brain releases important hormones 

What is the pituitary gland? 

100

This brain are help you with hand eye coordination, dancing and doing sports 

what is the cerebellum?

100

The layers of the brain that cover and protect the CNS are called what?

What are meninges.

100

This senior co-president can run fast. The 2 muscles most used in sprinting are? 

Who is the senior?

Who is Ty?

What are the quadriceps and the hamstrings?

200

This part of the brain controls blood pressure and heart rate 

What is the medulla oblongata.

200

This part of the brain controls our perception and thinking etc 

What is the cerebrum

200

This part of the mid brain controls breathing and is the "bridge" between cerebrum and cerebellum

What is the pons?

200
The skull is the ultimate protection for your brain. 

How many bones does it have before it fuses in childhood? 

What is 22?

200

This senior sings her heart out! Not really, but these objects, located in her throat, help her sing. Who is the senior and what are the objects?

Who is Sonia and what are the vocal cords?

300

This part of the brain is in charge of smell, sound and emotional association of memories 

What is the temporal lobe 

300

These three lobes control our sensory function in the brain.

What are the parietal, temporal, and occipital.

300

This part of the brain connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

What is the corpus callosum ?

300
This layer of the meninges that means "tough mother" is called.
What is dura mater.
300

This senior soccer player had a great season. The two most common injuries in soccer are:

What is a spained ankle and torn ACL.

400

This part of the brain regulates feelings of hunger, thirst and pleasure 

What is the hypothalamus.

400

The white matter is this and the gray matter is this 

parts of neurons

white matter = axons

gray matter = cell bodies 

400

This senior is an awesome big brother and a multi sport athlete....... one of his sports has injuries that range from ankle to knee to jammed fingers. Another common injury involves this tendon in the lower leg. 

Who is the senior? What is this sport? What is the tendon?

Who is Nasir ?

What is basketball?

What is the Achilles tendon?

400
This layer of the brain that means "gentle mother" and sits right on top of the brain is called this.
What is pia mater.
400

This senior plays a sport in which UCL reconstruction is popular. Who is the senior and what is the common name of the surgery 

Who is Wyatt and what is Tommy John Surgery

Ulnar collateral Ligament surgery 

500

How many ventricles for CSF are there? 

What are 4 

500

The PNS stands for this? What does it NOT contain>

What is the peripheral nervous system 

Not the brain or spinal cord


500

This senior has a heart of gold and knows the soundtrack to High School Musical. In Biotech, she helps monitor these animals in the lab. These animals have how hearts with how many chambers? Who is the senior?

Who is Tatiana?

What are zebrafish?

What is 2 chambers?

500
Inflammation of the meninges because of a bacterial or viral infection is called this.
What is meningitis.
500

Ha This is a trick- On our field trip, we saw a dissected spinal cord. What were the names given to the layers of the  meninges and what are their real names? 

Dura Mater - tough mother 

Arachnoid membrane - spider

Pia Mater - tender mother