Did you Know...
- There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
- according to scientists at Bryan Mawr University, if you lined up all the neurons in your body, the line would be around 600 miles long!
- Each side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body.
- There are approximately 100 billion neurons one person's brain.
- A baby's brain triples in size during its first year.
- The brain loses almost one gram per year.
- Neurons do not perform mitosis
- There are about 1,350,000 neurons in the spinal cord.
- Neurons are the largest cells in the human body. They can sometimes be up to 3 feet long!
- The Nervous System transmits impulses at a speed of 100 meters per second.
- Contrary to popular belief, we actually use 100% of our brain, not 10%. This belief is based on the fact that only 4 percent of brain cells are active at one time, while the rest are reserved.
-The Nervous System has two subsystems: The "central" nervous system and the "peripheral" nervous system. The "central" nervous system is comprised of the brain, retina and spinal cord, and the "peripheral" nervous system includes the nerve tissue and sensory organs that transmit information back and forth from the body to the brain.
- according to scientists at Bryan Mawr University, if you lined up all the neurons in your body, the line would be around 600 miles long!
- Each side of the brain controls the opposite side of the body.
- There are approximately 100 billion neurons one person's brain.
- A baby's brain triples in size during its first year.
- The brain loses almost one gram per year.
- Neurons do not perform mitosis
- There are about 1,350,000 neurons in the spinal cord.
- Neurons are the largest cells in the human body. They can sometimes be up to 3 feet long!
- The Nervous System transmits impulses at a speed of 100 meters per second.
- Contrary to popular belief, we actually use 100% of our brain, not 10%. This belief is based on the fact that only 4 percent of brain cells are active at one time, while the rest are reserved.
-The Nervous System has two subsystems: The "central" nervous system and the "peripheral" nervous system. The "central" nervous system is comprised of the brain, retina and spinal cord, and the "peripheral" nervous system includes the nerve tissue and sensory organs that transmit information back and forth from the body to the brain.