Brain disorders

What is the purpose of a neuron?

It is an oxygenated blood cell that goes throughout the body

It is a nerve cell that sends messages throughout the body including the brain

It is a wall that protects the cell body

True or false: our brain is part of the muscular system

True

False

What happens to the neurons in the brain when it experiences a traumatic injury?

They are damaged but our body reproduce new cells to replace the damaged one

They will die, and once they die they can never be reproduced

They fly over the rainbow

What cause a brain disorder

Illness

Genetics

Traumatic injury

All of the above

What is a dendrite?

A branch that receives messages from another neuron

A tail that sends messages away from the neuron

A bacteria that eats away at your skin

What disorder is typically characterized by an individual's inability to interpret reality

Schizophrenia

Alzheimer

Dissociative identity disorder

True or false: Alzheimer's is a disorder that can be contracted

True

False

How do brain disorders typially affect the brain?

Can affect your memory, personality, and sensation

Can affect your muscles and heart

Can affect the way you look

What were some terms used for mental institutions?

Asylums

The mad house

Fools' towers

All of the above

How are psychological disorders defined by clinicians?

Deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional, patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors

Abnormalities in the nervous system that result in disorders such as paralysis

Hurtful memories that were suppressed over a long period of time that create crippling effects to the brain

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