Facts
The brain is divided into what two hemispheres. What are these hemispheres called?
Left and Right Hemisphere
What part of the brain relays sensory information to the cerebrum and acts as a center for pain perception?
Thalamus
What lobe is responsible for sensory touch, spatial processing, language, and memory?
Parietal Lobe
What is the part of the neuron that receives an impulse or signal?
Dendrite
True or False: The brain is the center of the central nervous system.
True
What is the largest part of the human brain?
Cerebrum
What part of the brain makes hormones that control growth, metabolism, digestion, how we respond to stress, etc.?
Pituitary Gland
True or False: The frontal lobe controls our emotions.
True
What is the part of the neuron that allows a signal to travel quickly through the axon. This acts as an insulator.
Myelin Sheath
What part of the brain is responsible for balance, coordination, and movement?
Cerebellum
How is a human and sheep brain different?
The shape of the head creates a different shape of the brains.
What is responsible for the basic vital life functions?
Brain Stem
How many lobes make up the brain?
4
What is the chemicals called that allows a signal to travel through the synapse?
Neurotransmitters
What part of the brain is being shown in the image here.
Frontal Lobe
How does a impulse travel through a neuron?
Goes through the dendrite, travels through the cell body and the nucleus, travels down the axon and through the synapse.
What part of the brain connects the left and right hemisphere of the cerebrum?
Corpus Callosum
What part of the brain is responsible for visual memory, processing hearing and smell, recognizing and understanding words and language?
Temporal Lobe
What is the gap that is between neurons where the signal must travel through to reach the next neuron?
Synapse
What is the term that is used to describe the area of the brain with all the lobes.
Cerebrum
What part of the brain is responsible for receiving and processing smells?
Olfactory Bulbs
What part of the brain controls body temperature, thirst, appetite, sleep patterns, and other processes in our bodies that happen automatically?
Hypothalamus
What part of the brain is responsible for visual processing?
Occipital Lobe
What part of the neuron is #1 representing in the following photo?
Cell Body
What lobe is the sensory cortex located in?
Parietal Lobe