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The Brain

Published on Nov 06, 2015

Sydney Matteson and her group

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Brain

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Dodge Man (Mid-Brain)

  • Superpower: Has incredible reflexes, can dodge anything
  • Weakness: after saving people from crime he gets out of breath easily
  • The mid-brain is located behind the frontal lobes
  • Controls breathing, reflexes, and swallowing reflexes
Photo by JD Hancock

Pons (sidekick of midbrain)

  • super power: divide itself to be at multiple places at a time 
  • acts as a bridge to help dodgeman (midbrain)
  • weakness: falls asleep often
  • Pons is the base of the brain; helps regulate sleep and arousal
  • Is a bridge between different areas of the nervous system
Photo by JD Hancock

Thally (Thalamus)

  • The dogs thalamus got damaged and senses began to fade
  • superpower: increased sense of smell
  • weakness: other senses are damaged cannot see or touch
  • thalamus located at the center of the brain
  • controls sensory intergration and motor intergration

Captain Cortex (Cerebral Cortex)

  • superpower: extreme intelligence
  • ability to move inanimate objects with his mind
  • weakness: can get manipulated easily
  • white matter that covers the outside of both hemispheres
  • controls thinking, movements, language, reasoning, and perception
Photo by JD Hancock

Master Campus (Hippocampus)

  • superpower: ability to alter others memories 
  • weakness: can forget what is going on at any time
  • found in the temporal lobe in front of the limbic system
  • forms and stores memories and is involved in learning

Moody Pit (Pituitary Glands)

  • superpower: change in height based on her mood
  • weakness: when she is distracted she shrinks 
  • hangs below the limbic system
  • master gland that controls the hormones of the endocrine system
  • helps to turn food to energy
Photo by Dashu Pagla

Brock and Nicky (Broca's & Wernicke's Area)

  • superpower: can make others speech and hearing impaired
  • weakness: have to speak and hear through each other
  • Located left frontal lobe
  • broca's area: controls expression of speech
  • wernicke's area: controls comprehension of speech

Megadulla (Medulla)

  • superpower: can play dead by stopping her heartrate and breathing
  • weakness: takes alot of time to o her power
  • base of the brain
  • controls unconscious functioning like breathing, blood pressure
  • and circulation
Photo by JD Hancock

Cereballerina (Cerebellum)

  • superpower: super balance and coordination
  • weakness: to little to help dodge man
  • located at the lower part of the brain next to occipital area
  • controls movement, balance, posture, and coordination

Anti-freeze (Hypothalamus)

  • superpower: goes into hibernation-like state
  • weakness: to fat from eating so much food
  • Part of the limbic system; under the thalamus
  • controls body temperture, emotions, hunger,
  • thirst, appetite, digestion and sleep
Photo by JD Hancock

Miles Long (Corpus Callosum)

  • superhero: ability to stretch miles long
  • weakness: it takes him over an hour to be able to stretch again
  • large band of fibers in the middle of the brain
  • bridge of fibers passing info between the 2 cerebral hemispheres
Photo by JD Hancock

Glenn Pit (Pineal Gland)

  • superpower: control his aging
  • weakness: in the dark turns into a baby
  • located in the limbic system 
  • controls growing and maturing 
  • helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle

Amy and Dala G (Amygdala)

  • superpower: balance each other out
  • ones happy and ones mad; work together perfectly
  • weakness: cant control how mad or happy they get
  • located in the limbic system; internal portion of the brain
  • controls emotions