Brain & ACEs

The portion of a nerve cell that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.

• Axon

• Spine

• Neuron

• Dendrite

The organ that controls all sensory information such as sights, sounds, smells, and tastes.

• Brain

• Spine

• Thalamus

• Cerebral cortex

Central part of a nerve that contains a nucleus.

• Cell body

• Cerebellum

• Spinal cord

• Dendrites

Located on right and left sides of the brain; manage emotions, process information from senses, & understand language.

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Frontal lobe

Part of the brain that acts as the relay station to the direct flow of information between organs and cerebral cortex.

• Parietal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Frontal lobe

Found in the brain and spinal cord. Grow at a rate of 250,000 per minute during the ninth month of fetal development.

• Neurons

• Axons

• Dendrites

• Synapse

This lobe allows you to notice and interpret visual information and is located in the back of the brain.

• Occipital

• Parietal

• Frontal

• Temporal

Largest lobe of the brain; controls speech and intellect.

• Frontal

• Cerebellum

• Temporal

• Occipital

Projections of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons.

• Dendrites

• Transmission

• Synapse

• Cerebral cortex

Place where neurons connect and communicate with each other.

• Synapses

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Cell