Transcript Blank Jeopardy - UNT's College of Education

All about
the Neuron
The Mighty
Brain
Neurological Come to
Disorders Your Senses
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Another name for
a “nerve cell.”
What is a neuron?
The part of the neuron that
brings information
to the cell body.
What is a dendrite?
The part of the neuron that
takes information
away from the cell body.
What is the axon?
The junction between
two neurons.
What is a synapse?
The explosion of electrical
activity sent down an
axon when a neuron
sends information.
What is an
action potential?
The weight of the adult
human brain.
What is about 3 pounds
or 1.4 kilograms?
The two main divisions
of the nervous system.
What are the
central nervous system
and the peripheral
nervous system?
Area of the brain
responsible for thought,
language and planning.
What is the
cerebral cortex?
Connects the right and left
hemispheres of the brain.
What is the
corpus callosum?
Cerebrum,
cerebellum and
medulla oblongata
What is the
Central Nervous System?
Carries message
from sensory
organs to Central
Nervous System
What is a
sensory neuron?
Carries messages from
Central Nervous System
to muscles and organs
What are
motor neurons?
Blinking,
Sneezing,
Coughing and
Ducking
What is the
Autonomic
Nervous
System?
Strips the
myelin off
nerves
What is MS?
Neurological
disorder
named after
a famous
baseball
player
Lou Gehrig's disease
(ALS)
Multiple, random
physical tics
What is
Tourettes Disorder?
Another name for
the sense of sight.
What is vision?
Lobe of the brain
important for hearing.
What is the
temporal lobe?
Sour, sweet, salty, and
bitter.
What are the four
basic tastes?
Sight, sound, hearing,
touch, and smell
What are senses?
Location of
photoreceptors
in the eye.
What is the retina?