2. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt All about the Neuron The Mighty Brain Neurological Disorders Come to Your Senses

3. Another name for a “nerve cell.”

4. What is a neuron?

5. The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body.

6. What is a dendrite?

7. The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body.

8. What is the axon?

9. The junction between two neurons.

10. What is a synapse?

11. The explosion of electrical activity sent down an axon when a neuron sends information.

12. What is an action potential?

13. The weight of the adult human brain.

14. What is about 3 pounds or 1.4 kilograms?

15. The two main divisions of the nervous system.

16. What are the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system?

17. Area of the brain responsible for thought, language and planning.

18. What is the cerebral cortex?

19. Connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

20. What is the corpus callosum?

21. Cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla oblongata

22. What is the Central Nervous System?

23. Carries message from sensory organs to Central Nervous System

24. What is a sensory neuron?

25. Carries messages from Central Nervous System to muscles and organs

26. What are motor neurons?

27. Blinking, Sneezing, Coughing and Ducking

28. What is the Autonomic Nervous System?

33. Strips the myelin off nerves

34. What is MS?

37. Neurological disorder named after a famous baseball player

38. Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS)

39. Multiple, random physical tics

40. What is Tourettes Disorder?

43. Another name for the sense of sight.

44. What is vision?

45. Lobe of the brain important for hearing.

46. What is the temporal lobe?

47. Sour, sweet, salty, and bitter.

48. What are the four basic tastes?

49. Sight, sound, hearing, touch, and smell

50. What are senses?

51. Location of photoreceptors in the eye.

52. What is the retina?