Brain Basics
This organ controls your thoughts, memories, and movementsā¦..
What is the brain?
This sense uses your eyes.
What is sight?
True or False: Mental illnesses only affect adults.
What is False?
This doctor specializes in the brain and nervous system.
What is a neurologist?
True or False: Your brain works while you sleep.
What is True?
The brain is protected by this hard structure.
What is the skull?
These cells detect light and send messages to the brain.
What are photoreceptors?
A stroke happens when blood flow to part of the _____ is blocked or interrupted.
What is the brain?
This healthcare professional helps people talk about their feelings, thoughts, and emotions.
What is a counselor or therapist?
The human brain is made up of billions of these cells.
What are neurons?
This part of the brain controls breathing and heartbeat
What is the brain stem?
Which sense organ helps you hear?
What is the ear?
This disease affects memory and is most common in older adults.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
This career studies the brain and behavior.
What is a psychologist?
Which system works closely with the nervous system to help you move?
What is the muscular system?
This part of the brain helps you balance and coordinate movements.
What is the cerebellum?
Your nervous system receives information from the environment through these.
What are sensory receptors?
This condition affects memory, thinking, and daily activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of it.
What is dementia?
These healthcare workers often help stroke patients regain movement and strength.
What are physical therapists?
This type of neuron carries information from the senses to the brain and spinal cord.
What is a sensory neuron?
The largest part of the brain, responsible for thinking and problem-solving.
What is the cerebrum?
The process of receiving information and reacting to it is called _____.
What is a response?
Name one symptom of a stroke.
This scientist studies the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and neurons.
What is a neuroscientist?
This type of neuron carries commands from the brain to muscles.
What is a motor neuron?