Fact or Myth:

We only use 10% of our brains.

Information about the brain

Weighs only a couple of pounds.
Is very energetically demanding.
Requires 20% of all the oxygen and glucose that is brought in to
the body.
One of the largest organs in the body.
The most complex organ in the human body.
Made up of more than 100 billion nerves.
Made up of many specialized areas that work together.
Is divided into several different lobes.
Is protected by a layer of tissue called the meninges.
Cranium helps protect the brain from injury

Specialized Areas
Cortex:
Outer most layer of brain cells.
Thinking and voluntary movements begin in the cortex

Brain Stem:
Between spinal cord and center of the brain.
Basic functions are controlled here.(ex: sleeping and breathing)

Basal Ganglia:
Cluster of structures in center of brain.
Coordinates messages between other brain areas.

Cerebellum:
At the base and the back of the brain.
Responsible for the coordination and balance.

Lobes
Frontal Lobes:
Responsible for problem solving, judgment, and
motor function.

Parietal Lobes:
Manage sensation, handwriting, and body position.

Temporal Lobe:
Involved with memory and hearing

Occipital Lobes:
Contain the brains visual processing center.

Usage
At any moment up to 16 percent of our brain
cells are active.
The entire Brain is active at all times.
Brain is aware of 200 different things at a
moment.
Losing 90 percent of the use of your brain
could be fatal.
Pack in more neurons in the brain than any
other species.

Citations
"Brain (Human Anatomy): Picture, Function, Parts,
Conditions, and More."WebMD. WebMD, 2014. Web. 08
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Heddleston, Sarah. "You May Think You Know Your Own
Brain, But We Bet You Didn't Know These 24 Things.
WHOA."RSS. N.p., 20 July 2014. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.

Do we use only 10% of our brain?

Fun Facts About The Brain!

1. Your brain is more active when you sleep.
2. Information can go in between parts of your brain at a
speed of 260 mph.
3. You have 100,000 miles of axons in your brain; they
can wrap around the earth 4 times.
4. The brain cant feel any pain because it doesnt have
pain receptors.
5. Your brain is the fattest organ in the body with 60% of
fat.
6. Brain tissue has the same consistency as tofu.
7. The brain can generate 25 watts of power; that is the
same watts a light bulb requires to light.
8. During pregnancy, a women's brain will shrink, and it

Fun Facts Continued

10. You had more brain cells when you
were 2-years-old than you will ever have
at any other point in your life.
11.There are over 100,000 chemical
reactions happening in the brain every
second.
12.You could survive with only having oneside of your brain.
13. Every day you have about 70,000
thoughts.