Starter 1 The true or false? Questions and answers — When mummifying people, Egyptians remove the brain through a hole cut in the top of the skull. False they pulled the brain out through the nose – You only snore when you are dreaming. False The first sense to develop in an embryo is touch. True 60% of your brain is fat. True essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 cannot be manufactured by – the body. They are linked to brain functions such as memory, speech and motor skills There are 12 000 chemical reactions happening in your brain every second. False the figure is 100 000 every second – The pathologist who carried out the autopsy on Einstein's body the brain and kept it in a jar for 20 years. True apparently it was stolen, cut into 240 pieces and preserved. For a – time it was kept in a box under a beer cooler. The removal was carried out against Einstein's wishes expressed before he died. – The brain is composed of about 10 billion neurones. True. Each neurones in the brain is connected to 1 000 other neurones. False each neurone has connections with about 10 000 neurones. – You had more nerve cells in your brain when you were 2 years old than you will have at any other time in your life. True shortly after birth there is a substantial increase in the number of – nerve cells in certain parts of the brain. This increase stops at around 24 months except in the hippocampus. The majority of our nerve cells are as old as we are. They are not replaced when they fail. There are no pain receptors in the brain. True
Starter 1 The — true or false? Questions and answers When mummifying people, Egyptians remove the brain through a hole cut in the top of the skull. False – they pulled the brain out through the nose You only snore when you are dreaming. False The first sense to develop in an embryo is touch. True 60% of your brain is fat. True – essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 cannot be manufactured by the body. They are linked to brain functions such as memory, speech and motor skills There are 12 000 chemical reactions happening in your brain every second. False – the figure is 100 000 every second The pathologist who carried out the autopsy on Einstein's body the brain and kept it in a jar for 20 years. True – apparently it was stolen, cut into 240 pieces and preserved. For a time it was kept in a box under a beer cooler. The removal was carried out against Einstein's wishes – expressed before he died. The brain is composed of about 10 billion neurones. True. Each neurones in the brain is connected to 1 000 other neurones. False – each neurone has connections with about 10 000 neurones. You had more nerve cells in your brain when you were 2 years old than you will have at any other time in your life. True – shortly after birth there is a substantial increase in the number of nerve cells in certain parts of the brain. This increase stops at around 24 months except in the hippocampus. The majority of our nerve cells are as old as we are. They are not replaced when they fail. There are no pain receptors in the brain. True