Drugs!
Nervous System
Parts of the Brain
You're a Neuron!
You are getting very sleepy
2025 in Review
100
Alcohol is this kind of drug
Depressant
100
Part of the nervous system that activates fight or flight
sympathetic nervous system
100
Part of the brain that regulates homeostasis (the 4 Fs)
Hypothalamus
100
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
The ability of the brain to change and reorganize in response to learning, experience, or injury
Plasticity
100
When you stop breathing during sleep you have this disorder
Sleep apnea
100
This pop star went to space!
Katy Perry
200
Caffeine is this kind of drug
Stimulant
200
Part of the nervous system that is just the brain and spine
Central nervous system
200
Part of the brain that maintains balance and coordination
Cerebellum
200
The gap between the dendrite of one neuron and the axon terminal of another
synapse
200
24 hour sleep / wake cycle
circadian rhythm
200
mischievous elf-like creature with sharp teeth and large ears, created by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung
Labubu
300
Unpleasant and sometimes dangerous symptoms when someone stops using a drug
Withdrawal
300
Part of the nervous system that controls automatic functions
Autonomic nervous system
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!
Part of the brain for effortfully processed memories
Hippocampus
300
Type of neurotransmitter that tells a neuron NOT to fire
inhibitory neurotransmitter
300
Theory that dreams are just random neural firing that we make into stories
Activation synthesis theory
300
Whose concert were they at?
Coldplay
400
LSD is this kind of drug
Hallucinogen
400
Part of the nervous system that calms you down after going into fight or flight
parasympathetic nervous system
400
Part of the brain that is severed if you are a split brain patient
Corpus callosum
400
The major excitatory neurotransmitter
Glutamate
400
The stage of sleep you dream in
REM
400
She was found not liable in a civil assault trial this year.
Cardi B
500
These types of drugs block receptor sites; botox is an example
Antagonist
500
Not the nervous system - the system that regulates hormones
Endocrine system
500
Part of the brain that contains the somatosensory cortex
parietal lobe
500
A neuron's best friend (the cells that help neurons maintain function)
Glial cells
500
Children spend more time in this stage of sleep than adults
NREM 3 (Deep Sleep)
500
All four celebrity guests during Kendrick's half time show
Samuel L. Jackson, SZA, Serena Williams, DJ Mustard