The Brain/Nervous System
Neurons and its Structures
Memory
Muscular/
Skeletal System
Skeletal System
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What are the main parts of the Nervous System?
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves
100
What are neurons?
Neurons bring messages or signals from one part of your body to another for actions to occur.
100
What is the difference between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory?
Short-term memory typically lasts from 15-30 seconds. Long-term memory store and recall information for longer than 30 seconds.
100
What does the Skeletal System function for?
- Protection
- Structure/Stability/Support
- Movement
- Generating Blood Cells
100
On Excel, what is the shortcut for Copy and Paste?
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V
200
What does the Brain Stem control?
The Brain Stem controls many involuntary actions like breathing.
200
How do Neurons communicate with one another?
Through electrical and chemical signals.
200
A doctor received a patient that got into a car accident and a concussion. The patient has trouble recalling the accident. What else could have happened to their memory?
Having a limited amount of information being stored, difficulty with forming new memories, and/or having new information lasting 15-30 seconds.
200
Are smooth muscles voluntary muscles?
No. They are involuntary; helping with breathing, digesting, blood flow, and etc.
200
How many digits are in pi?
There are an infinite number of digits in pi because it is an irrational number.
300
If the cerebrum was damaged, what functions would be affected?
Things like movement, speech, thoughts and abstract thoughts would be affected.
300
Where do impulses travel in a neuron and what happens in the process?
Impulses travel along axons, then to the Myelin Sheath where the speed of an impulse is increased.
300
What is one strategy to help you remember?
1. Mnemonics: Creating rhythms, jokes, or rhymes.
2. Chunking: Cutting information into smaller sections.
3. Acronyms: Creating words by the first letter of other words.
4. Engage all senses: Using more than 1 sense.
300
Why do astronauts need exercise with weight bearing activities in space?
Or else they would lose bone mass and bone density, making their bones weaker.
300
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
400
What is one example of what the cerebellum does?
Since the cerebellum helps with balance, picking up a glass of water without spilling is possible.
400
What direction do electrical impulses travel in a neuron?
Left to right (e.g., Dendrites to axon terminal).
400
The two terms that recall the series of items in the order they were presented are called...
Recency effect: Remembering things at the end of the list.
and
Primacy effect: Remembering things at the beginning of the list.
400
What is the definition of long bones?
Bones that are longer than they are wide.
400
What are homonyms?
Words that have the same spelling/sound, but different meaning.
Ex:
- Light: Opposite of heavy/ Something bright that illuminates.
500
About how much does the Brain weigh?
About 3 pounds
500
What is the soma responsible for?
Maintains the cell and controls the cells basic functions.
500
What are the 4 steps for memory to be developed in order?
1. Encoding: Receiving the new information.
2. Storage: Holding on to the new information.
3. Recall: Using/Retrieving the new information.
4. Consolidation: Reinforcing the new information over time.
500
What bone(s) are called the pectoral girdle?
- Scapula
- Clavicle
500
What flag consists of black, yellow, and red stripes with a white disc in the middle showing a grey crowned crane.
Uganda