Brain 1
The command center of the body.
What is the human brain?
The 3 main parts of the brain.
What are the cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem?
Largest part of the brain.
What is the cerebrum?
What is the right and left hemispheres?
Located under the cerebrum.
What is the cerebellum?
Size of a baby's brain compared to an adult brain.
What is 1/4 the size?
Acts as a relay center and connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and cerebellum.
What is the brainstem?
Side of the brain responsible for controllling speech, comprehension, writing and math.
What is the left brain or left side?
Side of the brain responsible for controlling creativity, spatial ability, music and artistic skills.
What is the right side or right brain?
What are lobes?
The 4 lobes of each side of the brain.
What are the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes?
Location of the frontal lobe.
What is the front of the brain?
Location of the temporal lobe.
What is above the ears at the temple?
Location of the parietal lobe.
What is near top and back of the head?
Location of the occipital lobe?
What is the back of the head?
Function of the occipital lobe.
What is to interpret vision?
Function of the temporal lobe.
What is hearing, memory, understanding language and organization?
Function of the parietal lobe?
What is spatial and visual perception, touch, temperature and pain?
Function of the frontal lobe.
What is personality/behavior, body movement, judgement, problem solving and concentration?
Possible results of shaking a baby.
What is blindness, cognitive and behavioral deficits and death?
What is the cerebral cortex?
Two types of arteries in the brain.
What are carotid and vertebral arteries?
What are neurons or nerve cells?
Another name for Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS).
What is longer and more violent shaking?