7th- Nervous System 4.2 (The Brain)

​Nervous System 4.2
The Brain

​The brain is where we do our thinking. All our senses are tied into our brains allowing us to experience the outside world. We remember, have emotions, solve problems, worry about stuff, dream about the future, and control our bodies in our brains.

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​For such an awesome organ, the brain doesn't look like much. It's a ball of gray looking wrinkled tissue about the size of two of your fists put together. The brain sits in our hard, thick skull with membranes and fluid around it to protect it.

How the Brain Communicates

The brain is part of the nervous system. Together with the spinal cord, it makes up the central nervous system. The brain connects to nerves that travel throughout the body. Nerves from our senses (hearing, seeing, touch, etc.) send signals to the brain to let the brain know what is going on in the outside world. The brain also sends signals using nerves to muscles in order to make our body move.

​The cerebrum is the biggest part of the brain. It's the gray wrinkly upper part. The surface of the cerebrum is called the cerebral cortex. Different parts of the cerebrum deal with different parts of the body. The back part deals with vision while other parts deal with other functions like movement, hearing, language, and touch. Smart or thinking people are sometimes called cerebral.

​At the back and bottom of the brain is the cerebellum. This part of brain deals with motor movement. It processes all the incoming motor messages from the nerves and figures out what to do with them. The cerebellum can learn motor movements with practice allowing us to do stuff like riding a bike or typing without even thinking about it. Hey, I didn't think about typing this once!

​Brain stem or medulla: this is where the brain connects to the spinal cord. Many automatic functions are controlled here like keeping the heart beating, breathing and digesting food.

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The FRONTAL LOBE controls the following functions

• movement

• behavior

• emotions

• All of the Above

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Which is NOT controlled by the brain?

• Physical reactions

• Emotional reaction

• intellect

• Energy

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What protects the brain?

• Skull

• Heart

• Lungs

• Kidneys

• Liver

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The brain is part of which system?

• Cardiovascular System

• Nervous System

• Digestive System

• Respiratory System

• Endocrine System

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Which part of the brain can learn motor movements?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebral Cortex

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

• Brain Stem

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Which of the following is NOT a function that is controlled by the brain stem?

• Breathing

• Digestion

• Vision

• Heart Rate

• Blinking

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Which part of the brain controls senses like hearing or touch?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebral Cortex

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

• Brain Stem

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What is the surface of the Cerebrum called?

• Cerebrum

• Cerebral Cortex

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

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Scientists are still not sure how long term memory actually works.

• True

• False

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How is energy sent to the brain?

• Oxygen

• Nerves

• Bacteria

• Blood

• Insulin

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The left side of the brain controls the left half of the body and the right side of the brain controls the right half of the body.

• True

• False

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This isn't a part of the human brain

• frontal lobe

• chin

• spinal chord

• cerebellum

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What part of the brain controls breathing?

• brain stem

• cerebellum

• spinal chord

• temporal lobe

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What part of the brain controls the sense of taste?

• parietal lobe

• brain stem

• spinal chord

• frontal lobe

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What part of the brain helps you think, plan and solve problems?

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• temporal lobe

• occipital lobe

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How many lobes do we have in the brain?

• 3

• 4

• 5

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How many hemispheres does the brain have?

• 1

• 3

• 7

• 2

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The left hemisphere of my brain helps me with:

• Be creative

• Be good at sports

• Logic, Reason and Informational Learning

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The right hemisphere of my brain helps me with:

• Logic, reason, math

• Creativity, Imagination, Free-flow

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What bone structure helps protect the human brain?

• Skull

• Pelvis

• Ribs

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In what part of the body is your brain located?

• Legs

• Chest

• Stomach

• Head

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The lobe most accessed for school subjects

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

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The part of the brain that controls heart rate, breathing, & blood pressure.

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Brain stem

• Cerebellum

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Athlete's have a developed _______ .

• Occipital lobe

• Cerebellum

• Parietal lobe

• Frontal lobe

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Our sense of light and color perception is developed ...

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Cerebellum

• Brain Stem

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The temporal lobe influences

• hearing

• growth

• facial recognition

• long term memory

• All of the Above

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My love of music is developed in...

• Parietal lobe

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Cerebellum

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If you have issues with digestion, you should look to the

• Frontal lobe

• Brain stem

• Occipital Lobe

• Cerebellum

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Your sense of taste is developed here.

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Brain stem

• Cerebellum

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There are 6 structures in the brain and 33 functions.

• True

• False

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An arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system

• Structure

• Function

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What something does / is responsible for

• Structure

• Function

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NEUROPLASTICITY is the ability of the brain to change continuously throughout an individual's life

• True

• False

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The belief that a person’s most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work

• Neuroplasticity

• Growth Mindset

• Fixed Mindset

• Positive Mindset

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The belief that a person’s basic abilities, intelligence, and talents are fixed traits, and can NOT be changed

• Growth Mindset

• Fixed Mindset

• Positive Mindset

• Neuroplasticity

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THE BRAIN IS....

• EASY! i USED MY BRAIN!

• NOT SO BAD.

• I NEED TO USE MY BRAIN MORE

• MY BRAIN IS STRUGGLING TODAY!