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Brain Description
Lobes of the Brain
Brain Function
Random Facts
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About 3 pounds
What is the weight of the brain?
100
These lobes controls vision and object recognition
What are the occipital lobe?
100
This structure of the brain divides the brain into two hemispheres, the right and left hemispheres.
What is the corpus collosum?
100

Does the brain feel pain?

No

200
This is a complex organ composed of several structures that controls every function in the human body.
What is the brain?
200
These lobes control executive functions such as planning, and performing serial tasks such as making a sandwich. These lobes also control emotions and reasoning.
What are the frontal lobes?
200
This structure controls the emotional response, specifically happiness, stress, and anger.
What is the amygdala?
200

How many brain cells on average does humans have?

86-100 billion

300
This brain structure controls all hormonal processes in the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
300
These lobe controls hearing and language comprehension.
What are the temporal lobes?
300
This structure is the juncture that connects the brain to the spinal cord
What is the brain stem?
300

What are some diseases of the brain that affects older people?

Dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's 

400

What  is the parts of the brain that we actually use for memory and intelligence?

What is gray matter?

400

This part of the brain controls body orientation and sensory differation

What is the parietal lobe?

400

This structure regulates hormones and autonomic functions like hunger and thirst. 

What is the hypothalamus?

400

What is the tissue between the skull and brain?

Meneges 

500
  • Automatic behaviors like breathing, heart rate, sleep and temperature control
  • Fight-or-flight response (stress response)
  • Keeping your organs working as expected
  • Memories and emotions
  • Movements (motor function), balance and coordination

What is the brain functions?

500

This connects to the brain stem and goes down the back

What is the spinal chord?

500

This small structure in your temporal lobes is responsible for your memory and learning.

What is the hippocampus?

500

Who is the best science teacher at Inlet Grove? 

Ms. Dickerson