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Sections of the Brain
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What does what?
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Huntington’s Disease
What disease is caused by a genetic defection chromosome 4?
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Cerebral Cortex
What makes up the the outer layer of the brain?
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100 billion
How many nerve cells are in the brain?
100
sheath
What includes a fatty molecule called myelin, which provides insulation for the axon and helps nerve signals travel faster and farther.
100
Loss of the ability to speak
If the section of the brain known as Wernicke's area were damaged, what might the result be?
200
Bell’s Palsy
What is a disease that involves paralysis of the face?
200
Cerebellum
What is located behind the brain stem?
200
1.3 to 1.4 kg (approximately 3 pounds).
What is the average weight of an adult brain?
200
Dendrites
What extends out from the cell body like the branches of a tree and receive messages from other nerve cells
200
Parietal lobe
Part of the cerebrum processes information related to touch and pain?
300
Parkinson's Disease
What is one of the most common diseases with aging?
300
Brain Stem
What is important for maintaining basic life functions such as breathing, heart rate and blood pressure?
300
temporal lobe
Which part of the brain is responsible for hearing and memory?
300
Most people recover completely without any treatment in little as one to two months.
What is a treatment for Bell's Palsy?
300
Gyri
What are the folds of the brain called?
400
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
What is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles?
400
Hypothalamus
What part of the brain is the control of body temperature?
400
Cerebrum
What is the largest part of the human brain?
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Carries signals from the outer parts of the body to the central nervous system.
What does a sensory neuron do?
400
Cerebellum
What part of the brain receives input from all other parts of the brain to coordinate movements?
500
Myalgic Enchaphalomyelitis
A disease characterized by extreme disabling fatigue
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Basal Ganglia
What part of the brain is important in coordinating movement?
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brain and spinal cord
The central nervous system consists of the
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Rehabilitation therapy,Psychotherapy, and medications.
How is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome treated?
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Interhemispheric fissure
The large groove that separates the right and left halves of the brain