Chita Rivera. Chita Rivera is an iconic dancer, singer and actress known for her Tony Award-winning work in 'The Rink' and 'Kiss of the Spider Woman.' Over the decades, she's starred in an array of other musicals like 'West Side Story,' 'Sweet Charity' and 'Chicago.'.
(You can roll your mouse over the picture of the brain above to find out more about the parts of the brain.). Neurons. Every part of the brainâand the rest of the nervous system, for that matterâcontain neurons (more than 100 billion of them in all). Neurons are nerve cells with some very special properties.
A typical calculation goes something like this: There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain. On average each sends outgoing connections to roughly 10,000 other neurons. Calculating the capacity of these connections, or synapses, is assumed to give a sense of the brainâs total capacity.