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Neurons: Building Blocks

Neurons: Building Blocks
from the collection of Frank Sharp, M.D.

Neurons

• Building blocks of the brain
• 100 billion neurons
• 30,000 on a pinhead

Neurons are the building blocks of your brain. They communicate with eachother thousands of times a second.

 

source: http://www.morphonix.com/software/education/science/brain/game/specimens/neurons_building_blocks.html
 

Neural Forest
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Your brain is made up of lots and lots of nerve cells called neurons. There are as many neurons in your brain as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

source: http://www.morphonix.com/software/education/science/brain/game/specimens/neural_forest.html

Touch
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There are at least six types of touch receptors in your skin. One for hot, one for cold, one for pain, one for pressure, one for touch, and one for fine touch.

 

http://www.morphonix.com/software/education/science/brain/game/specimens/touch.html

OUT BRAIN
outbrain.jpg (45613 bytes)This picture names all of the centers found in the brain.

source: http://members.aol.com/Rss51540/brain.html

source: http://www.morphonix.com/software/education/science/brain/game/specimens/memory.html