Parts of the Brain

What is a neuron?

• Cartoon on TV

• Cell body

• Individual nerve cell

• Fiber in the brain

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What do dendrites do?

• Not much

• Push messages toward other neurons

• Receive messages from other neurons

• Save messages in a memory bank

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What is the soma?

• Body of the neuron

• A squishy part of the brain that has no purpose

• Tail of the neuron

• Head of the neuron

What is an axon?

• Fiber that carries information away from the cell body of a neuron

• The opposite of axoff

• Fiber that remembers information

• Fiber that sends information to the cell body of a neuron

What are axon terminals?

• Where Harry Potter catches the train to Hogwarts

• Trunk of the axon

• Branches that link the axon and the hippocampus

• Branches that link the dendrites and somas of other neurons

Choose functions of the prefrontal cortex

• Focus

• Organization

• Emotional control

• Balance

• Empathy

Choose functions of the cerebellum

• Balance

• Gait

• Posture

• Coordination

• Heartbeat

Choose functions of the brain stem

• Breathing

• Sweating

• Heartbeat

• Emotional control

• Digestion

Choose functions of the occipital lobe

• Taste

• Sight

• Recognizing colors

• Recognizing faces

• Telling the difference between sweet and salty

Choose functions of the temporal lobe

• Reading social cues and facial expressions

• Word retrieval

• Long term memory

• Short term memory

• Rhythm