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Neuron

Axon

Dendrites
Activity Time!
 Brain Anatomy
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe

Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe

Cerebellum
What lobe could be damaged?

Rob fell off his bike and he

wasn’t wearing his helmet.

When he came home from the

hospital, he didn’t like playing
video games or soccer any
more, and he would laugh at
different jokes.

Frontal Lobe
 What lobe could be damaged?

Brittany fell while snowboarding and she

wasn’t wearing her helmet.

Later that night when she was watching TV,

she noticed that all the kids on The Family
Network were really blurry!!

Occipital Lobe
 Five Senses
• Smell
• Taste
• Vision
• Hearing
• Touch
Smell
Taste
 Tongue Map

Weakest Taste Medium Taste

Strongest Taste
Q: What are the four types of taste?
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Bitter
Sweet
Sour
Salty
Vision
Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions
Reversible Figure Illusions
Hearing
Three parts to the ear
Activity Time!
Sense of touch
Touch Pathway
Parietal Lobe -
Somatosensory
Cortex

Spinal Cord

Touch Receptors
The Homunculus
 Concussions

• What is a concussion?
CONCUSSION = A type of Brain Injury!

Any blow to head, face, neck or body, which

causes sudden jarring of the brain inside the
skull may cause a concussion.
 S-T-A-R

Stop Playing!
Tell an adult,
Get Assessed, and
Rest!
Helmet Fitting – 2V1