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Are You Smarter Than a Brain surgeon? 1,000,000 Are You Smarter Than a Brain surgeon? 500,000 300,000 Regions Topic 1 Regions Topic 2 175,000 100,000 Testing Topic 3 Testing Topic 4 50,000 Conditions Topic 5 Conditions Topic 6 25,000 10,000 Functions Topic 7 Functions Topic 8 5,000 2,000 Nicknames Topic 9 Nicknames Topic 10 1,000

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. Return

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 Return

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?

Testing Topic 3 Answer Electroencephalogram (EEG) Return

Testing Topic 4 Question A flat EEG is evidence of what?

Testing Topic 4 Answer Clinical death Return

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 Return

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) Return

Functions Topic 8 Question Important relay station for afferent fibers traveling to the sensory cortex for interpretation.

Functions Topic 8 Answer Thalamus Return

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?

Nicknames Topic 9 Answer The pineal gland nicknamed “the third eye” Return

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. Return

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 Return

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