Brain Puns

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Brain Puns

Why were the axons bothered by myelin?
It was getting on their nerves.
What do you get when you cross a thought with a light bulb?
A bright idea.
What did the right hemisphere say to the left hemisphere when they could not agree on anything?
Let's split.
What does the visual system use to play basketball?
Eyeballs.
I didn't want to have brain surgery but I had to.
I guess it changed my mind.
Where do brains go for vacation in Massachusetts?
Braintree, MA
Have you heard about the guy who made a bomb out of a brain?
It was pretty mindblowing.
The brain is an amazing organ
it really makes you think.
What are the magic words for a brainy magician?
Hocus sulcus.
How did the mother know her child would become a neuroanatomist?
He was constantly staining stuff.
An action potential takes the train to school. What is the name of the train station where it gets off for school?
Axon terminal.
What is the brain's favorite television channel?
The Neural Network.
What is a neuron's favorite television channel?
The Ion Channel
What does a brain do when it sees a friend across the street?
Gives a brain wave.
What did the axon terminal say to the receptor when they broke up?
I need my space.
Why do neurons like e-mail?
The love messages.
Why did the brain go into a group of trees to sleep?
For rest. (forest)
happens when you bother the parietal lobe?
It gets very touchy.
What kind of fish performs brain surgery?
A neurosturgeon.
I was doing brain surgery to a patient the other day
He was rather open-minded if you ask me.
What do you get when you cross a "bad idea for using fur" with 86 billion neurons?
A hare-brained idea.
If some of Fred Flintstone's neurotransmitters could talk, what would they say?
"Gaba-Daba-Do!"
When is a synapse like a tree?
When it is pruned.
Did you know there's a college in the brain for hippopotami?
It's called the Hippocampus.
How does the spinal cord hammer a nail into a wall?
With a series of spinal taps.
What is a good pick-up line an axon terminal can use on a dendrite?
"Let's connect."
What did the brain say after it got an electrical shock?
"This was a stimulating experience."
What happens when a neurotransmitter falls in love with a receptor?
You get a binding relationship.