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Human Brain Quiz Flashcards

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1
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how does the brain develop

A

Back to front

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2
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What are the 3 parts the brain is broken into

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Hindbrain, Midbrain and Forebrain

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3
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What are hormones

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chemical signals throughout the body

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4
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Where/what is the brain stem

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Survival brain, controls facial expressions, Located at the end of the brain the stem like thing

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5
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What develops 1st

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the hindbrain

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6
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Where is the cerebellum located

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in the hindbrain

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7
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Where is the brainstem and pons a part of

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hindbrain

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What parts of the brain are involuntary

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Hindbrain and midbrain

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9
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What is the left side of the brain

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Logical and analytical

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What is the right side of the brain

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creative and curious

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11
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What is cerebrum

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Left and right side of the brain and your whole forebrain

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12
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Where is the midbrain located

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close to the hindbrain

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13
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What does the cerebellum do

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  • Balance and coordination
  • develops after the brainstem
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what does the amygdala look like

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it looks like a sunny side up egg

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what does the corpus callosum look like

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it looks like an ear

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16
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what does the hypothalamus look like

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around the amygdala

17
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what does the pons look like

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the left side of the brain stem

18
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what does the pituitary gland look like

A

it looks like a tooth

19
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What connects the left and right side of the brain

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corpus callosum

20
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what connects the spinal cord to the brainstem

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the pons

21
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what connects the brain to the body

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the spinal cord

22
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What does the hypothalamus do

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Handel’s your body temp, sleep, thurst ect.

also controls the pituitary gland

23
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What is the hypothalamus known as

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the automatic control center

24
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What does the pituitary gland do

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produces/extreats hormones

25
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What is a neuron

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A nerve cell

26
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What is myelin

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A fatty tissue that covers the AXONS

27
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What does myelin do

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Helps to increase the speed at which the neurons can communicate.

28
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What are the five steps to brain development

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  1. prefrontal cortex- Thinking about the future
  2. limbic system- how the hypothalamus/ amygdala work together
  3. corpus callosum- connections between things
  4. increasing myelination- faster decision making
  5. increase in synaptic pruning- cutting out weak connections in the brain

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