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All about
the Neuron
The Mighty
Brain
Neurological
Disorders
Neuroscience
Methods
Come to
Your Senses
100
What is another name for a "Nerve Cell"?
neuron
100
What is the weight of the adult human brain.
about 3 pounds or 1.4 kilograms
100

Whiplash or impacts someones brain can cause these

What is a concussion

100

General term for a scienctist who studies the nervous system.

a neuroscientist

100
Another name for the sense of sight
vision
200
The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body.
A dendrite
200
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system?
the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
200

In the 1800's, what method was popular for curing various mental health and neurological diseases

lobotomy

200
Uses detection of radio frequency signals produced by displaced radio waves in a magnetic field.
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
200
Lobe of the brain important for hearing.
the temporal lobe
300
The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body.
the axon
300

What is the area of the brain responsible for intentional muscle movement, personality and planning?

the frontal cortex

300

Disease characterized as an electrical “brainstorm" with frequent seizures

epilepsy

300
Electrical activity of the brain recorded with scalp or brain electrodes
EEG (Electroencephalography)
300
Our nervous system perceives what five senses

Touch, taste, smell, sight, sound

400
The junction between two neurons.
a synapse
400
What connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
the corpus callosum
400

Damage to someones nerves can lead to reduction in these at the hands and feet

What are circulation, sensation, and motion

400
Extracting fluid from the spinal cord
Cerebrospinal Fluid Test
400

Because these are not evenly spread out in the body, our skin is not equally sensitive everywhere

sensory receptors in the skin

500
The explosion of electrical activity sent down an axon when a neuron sends information.
an action potential
500
Name of the man who survived after an iron rod went through the frontal lobe of his brain in 1848.
Phineas Gage
500

Dangerous swelling of the brain in the skull that can lead to death

increased inter-cranial pressure

500

Measures the rate at which electrical signals are passed between neurons.

Nerve conductivity test

500

Measuring how long it takes for the brain to see a ruler dropped and then send a signal to the hand to catch it is a way of measuring

reaction time