The Brain and how it works
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Cerebellum | Balance and Coordination
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| Hippocampus | Long term memory and emotional responses
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| Hypothalamus | Body Temperature
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| Medulla-Oblongata | Regulates life functions like breathing and heart rate
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| Pons | Sleeping and Dreaming
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| Thalamus | Relaying information from sensory receptors
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| Left Hemisphere | Language, Math Skill, Ability to solve problems
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| Right Hemisphere | Artistic Ability, Musical Skills, Facial Recongnition
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| Temporal Lobe | Hearing
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| Occipital Lobe | Vision
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| Parietal Lobe | Touch
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| Frontal Lobe | Reasoning/Decision Making/Walking/Talking
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| Role of Neurotransmitters | Chemicals that talk to other nerves, sending messages
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| Dendrites | Little tentacles that receive messages
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| Axon | A leg with lots of little feet that stick out and send messages
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| Nerves talk to each other with | electricity and chemicals, or electrochemical processes.
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| The brain weighs | 3 Pounds
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| Neurons communicate through | Electrochemical process
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| Brain is made up of | 100 Billion Neurons
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| Right and Left hemisphere is connected by | Corpus Callosum
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| Synapses | The tiny spaces between 2 neurons in which messages are transferred
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