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brain surgeon Are
You Smarter than a 5th grader?
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Are You Smarter Than a Brain surgeon?
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Testing Topic 3
Testing Topic 4
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Conditions Topic 5
Conditions Topic 6
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Functions Topic 7
Functions Topic 8
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Nicknames Topic 9
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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?

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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.

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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 follow-up care includes a
  recording of his brain waves to try to determine
  the area of the lesion. What is this procedure
  called?

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Testing Topic 3 Answer

• Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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Testing Topic 4 Question

• A flat EEG is evidence of what?

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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.

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Conditions Topic 5 Answer

• Parkinsons 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 Dannys coach
  made him sit out the following game, Why?

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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.

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Functions Topic 7 Question

• The outermost covering of the brain, composed of
  tough fibrous connective tissue and forming the
  periosteum of the skull.

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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.

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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 its 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.

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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
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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.

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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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