Anatomy
Structural
Maintenance
Development
Patho
100
Number 3
What is the Cerebrum?
100
A human brain weighs this much
What is 3 lbs?
100
The minimum amount of sleep needed by the typical adult.
What is 7 hours a night?
100
The average weight in pounds of the adult brain.
What is 3 pounds?
100
The percentage of strokes that are occlusive.
What is 85%?
200
Number 7
What is the Cerebellum?
200
Percentage of the brain by weight that is water.
What is 75%
200
The percentage of total glucose intake used by the brain.
What is 50%
200
The age at which the brain stops growing.
What is 18 years old? (hits full maturity at 25 though)
200
Percentage of epilepsy patients that have no determinable cause.
What is 50%
300
Number 2
What is the Thalamus?
300
The percentage of total oxygen supply your brain uses.
What is 20%?
300
The percentage of brain dehydration needed to begin negative consequences.
What is 2%?
300
The rough weight in pounds of the infant brain at birth.
What is 1 pound?
300
The amount of women more than men who die of stroke in Canada (in percentage).
What is 45%?
400
Number 13
What is the pituitary gland?
400
Percentage of brain tissue that is fat?
What is 60%?
400
The only energy source for the brain other than glucose.
What are ketones?
400
The percentage of brain development completed by the age of 2?
What is 80%?
400
Number of Canadians diagnosed with Parkinson's disease daily.
What is 30?
500
Number 6
What is the corpus callosum?
500
The number of neurons in billions.
What is 100 (billion)?
500
World record for days without sleep?
What is 11 days?
500
A 2 year old's brain is 20% smaller than an adults brain but has 50% more synapses. This is an unmanageable volume to maintain over time. The process for decreasing the number of synapses during toddler hood.
What is pruning?
500
Number of people living with dementia in Canada in 2024 (nearest hundred thousand).
What is 700,000?