Biology: Year 10 Term 2: The Brain

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The brain is made up of what? (1)
Billions of neurones
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What happen when you learn/practise something? (2)
Neurone connections are made and strengthened
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What does the medulla control and where is it in the brain? (2)
Unconscious activities, Beside spinal cord
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What does the cerebellum control and where is it in the brain? (2)
Muscle coordination, Round lobe above/behind spinal cord
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What does the cerebral cortex control and where is it in the brain? (4)
Consciousness intelligence and memory, Top wrinkly part
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Who was Phineas Gage and what was learnt from him? (3)
He was a builder in train tunnels in 1848 when an iron bar passed through his head and eye, Survived bu was different, Frontal lobe control emotion as that was injured
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What is electrical stimulation and what was it used for? (3)
Electrodes stimulated different brain parts to see what happened to figure out what they controlled
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What are MRI scans and how do they work? (3)
Scans which show blood flow in the brain which increases when an area is used, able to work out which area used for what
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What happen when you learn/practise something? (2)

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Neurone connections are made and strengthened

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What does the medulla control and where is it in the brain? (2)

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Card 4

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What does the cerebellum control and where is it in the brain? (2)

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Card 5

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What does the cerebral cortex control and where is it in the brain? (4)

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