Brain Diseases
This disorder causes memory loss, confusion, and difficulty within thinking and behavior
What is Alzheimers?
The sense organ that contains rods and cones
What is the eye?
The fight or flight response is triggered by the release of this hormone
What is adrenaline?
The basic unit of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
This lobe controls decision making, problem solving, and voluntary movement
What is the frontal lobe?
This disorder is marked by sudden, uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain
What is epilepsy?
The part of the eye that controls the amount of light entering
What is the iris?
This hormone helps to regulate sleep and wake cycles
What is melatonin?
These are the two main divisions of the nervous system
What are the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system?
This lobe is responsible for processing visual information
What is the occipital lobe?
This is when blood flow to part of the brain is cut off, leading to brain damage
What is a stroke?
This part of the ear converts sound vibrations into neural signals
What is the cochlea?
The "stress hormone"
What is cortisol?
What is transmitting signals between the brain and the body?
Damage to this lobe can cause personality changes and/or impulse control
What is the frontal lobe?
This disorder is inherited and causes uncontrolled movement, mood issues, and cognitive decline
What is Huntingtons disease?
The lobe of the brain that processes sensory information such as touch
What is the parietal lobe?
This hormone is important for trust and bonding. It is also known as the "love hormone"
What is oxytocin?
This is the long, thread like part of a nerve cell that transmits impulses
What is an axon?
This lobe processes sensory information such as touch and pain.
What is the parietal lobe?
This disorder affects motor control, and causes stiffness, and tremors
What is Parkisons disease?
The part of the brain that receives the first signals from the optic nerve
What is the thalamus?
This hormone makes you feel hungry
What is ghrelin?
How many pairs of spinal nerves are on the spinal cord?
What is 31 pairs?
Wernicke’s area is usually found in this lobe
What is the temporal lobe?