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Are You Smarter than a 5th grader?
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Regions Topic 1
Regions Topic 2
Testing Topic 3
Testing Topic 4
Conditions Topic 5
Conditions Topic 6
Functions Topic 7
Functions Topic 8
Nicknames Topic 9
Nicknames Topic 10
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Regions Topic 1 Question
A young man has just received serious
burns, resulting from standing with his
back too close to a bonfire. He is
muttering that he never felt the pain.
Otherwise, he would have smothered the
flames by rolling on the ground. What part
of his Brain might be malfunctioning?
Regions Topic 1 Answer
He
us unable to feel the heat on the
skin of his back. The somatosensory
cortex of his brain may not be
working.
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Regions Topic 2 Question
This
region of the brain helps you to
never forget how to ride a bike. It
takes over learned motor skills.
Regions Topic 2 Answer
The
cerebellum
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Testing Topic 3 Question
A
12 year old boy suddenly falls to the
ground, having an epileptic seizure. He is
rushed to the emergency room of the
local hospital for medication. His followup care includes a recording of his brain
waves to try to determine the area of the
lesion. What is this procedure called?
Testing Topic 3 Answer
Electroencephalogram
(EEG)
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Testing Topic 4 Question
A
flat EEG is evidence of what?
Testing Topic 4 Answer
Clinical
death
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Conditions Topic 5 Question
An
example of basal nuclei problems
resulting from a degeneration of the
dopamine-releasing neurons of the
substantia nigra. Symptoms include
persistent tremors, a forward-bent
walking posture and shuffling gait and
stiff facial expression.
Conditions Topic 5 Answer
Parkinson’s
disease
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Conditions Topic 6 Question
Danny
is the star of his high school hockey
team. During a game, he is slammed into
the glass and falls hard to the ice. He had a
headache and continued to feel dizzy for
hours after the game. Even tho his
symptoms improved Danny’s coach made
him sit out the following game, Why?
Conditions Topic 6 Answer
Danny
had a concussion. With the
swelling involved with a concussion
the brain is very vulnerable, even the
slightest jarring could cause
permanent damage.
Functions Topic 7 Question
The
outermost covering of the brain,
composed of tough fibrous connective
tissue and forming the periosteum of
the skull.
Functions Topic 7 Answer
Dura
matter (outer meningial
membrane)
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Functions Topic 8 Question
Important
relay station for afferent
fibers traveling to the sensory cortex
for interpretation.
Functions Topic 8 Answer
Thalamus
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Nicknames Topic 9 Question
Given a nickname because it “sees”
light and dark. It is responsible for
regulating the internal clock with the
release of a hormone. What is the
name of this part of the brain and
what is it’s nickname?
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Nicknames Topic 9 Answer
The
pineal gland nicknamed “the
third eye”
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Nicknames Topic 10 Question
Give
the correct name and function
of the part of the brain nicknamed
“the reptilian brain”.
Nicknames Topic 10 Answer
The
brainstem controls the essential
survival functions like breathing and
heartbeat; digestion and elimination
of waste; and body temperature.
Maintains life without conscience
thought.
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Topic 11
Million Dollar Question
3 point Question
While
you were playing these games,
what part of your brain was getting
the biggest workout? You must list
at least three areas and how they
were helping you today.
3 point Answer
Long
term memory - Hippocamus,
frontal lobe cortex, thalamus, &
hypothalamus,
Short term memory - Parietal lobe,
upper temporal lobe, & occipital lobe
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