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Lobes
Nervous System and Brain
The Brain
Brain Development
Other Facts
100

What part of the body are lobes located?

What is the brain

100

Name the system that controls every activity that you do? 

What is the nervous system

100

How many lobes are in the cerebral cortex? 

What is 4

100

At about what age is one's brain finished maturing? 

What is mid-20's

100

This is a serious brain injury that occurs during infancy, potentially leading to the physical breakage of the brain stem

What is shaken baby syndrome

200
Which lobe is responsible for language, problem solving, and interpretation of other people's behavior?
What is the frontal lobe
200

What two major parts make up the nervous system? 

What is the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system

200

Both ___________ of the brain work in close collaboration in virtually all thinking and learning tasks

What are hemispheres

200

The brain develops from ____ to ____. 

What is back to front

200

Why is brain surgery possible while a patient is awake?

What is the brain has no pain receptors

300
Which lobe is responsible for interpreting and remembering visual information?
What is the occipital lobe
300

Which cells provide transmission electrical and chemical signals that regulate all the processes in our body?

What are Neurons

300

What part of the brain might be damaged if someone has lost the ability to form new memories? 

What is the hippocampus

300

At about what age is the brain finished developing in size? 

What is 12 years old

300

An adult brain weights how many pounds?

What is 3 pounds

400
Which lobe is responsible for interpreting and remembering auditory information such as music and speech?
What is the temporal lobe.
400

What nerves are attached to the brain and emerge from the skull? 

What are cranial nerves

400
Which side of the brain is responsible for language, reading, and mathematical calculations?
What is the left side
400

The human brain grows by how much in the first year of life?

What is triple in size

400

What percentage of fat does the brain contain?

What is 60%

500
What system is involved with learning,memory,emotion,and motivation?
What is the limbic system
500
Which cells make up About 90% of all the cells in the brain?
What are glial cells
500
What connects the left and the right side of the brain?
What is the corpus callosum
500

What age can someone learn a language the easiest?

What is before the age of 6 or 7

500

How many watts of electricity are produced by the brain? 

What is 12-25 watts of electricity