The Human Brain
Known as The command center of the body.
What is the Brain?
The number of Chambers in a human heart.
What is 4?
-Right Atrium Receives deoxygenated blood from the body
-Right Ventricle Pumps blood to the lungs for oxygenation
-Left Atrium Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
-Left Ventricle Pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body
_____ % of the human brain is made of Fat.
What is 60%?
(making it the fattiest organ in the human body. These fatty acids are crucial for your brain’s performance, so make sure you’re fueling it with healthy, brain-boosting nutrients)
This Lady is credited with inventing a light-weight electric iron, travel size iron board, and airplane mufflers in 1919.
Who is Eldorado Jones?
At this age your brain is fully formed.
What is 25?
(Brain development begins from the back of the brain and works its way to the front. As a result, your frontal lobes, which control planning and reasoning, are the last to strengthen and structure connections)
Was an African-American chemist who, at age 23, developed the first effective injectable treatment for leprosy.
Who is Alice Augusta Ball?
(Credit for the discovery was stolen from her, until Hollman reclaimed it in a publication in 1922)
The largest part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
(It impacts many areas like movement, problem-solving, learning, and emotions)
A British molecular biologist who was instrumental in the discovery of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1951
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the (complex!) scientific name for what headache commonly experienced after eating ice cream or drinking something really cold.
What is Brain Freeze?