Biology and Psychology

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Across
  1. 3. basic unit of the nervous system
  2. 7. regulates basic survival functions
  3. 9. system that includes glands that produce/release hormones
  4. 11. regulates movements and control of balance
  5. 12. fraternal twins
  6. 14. effect who we are and what we do along with the environment
  7. 15. branch of the nervous system that process information in the soft organs
  8. 16. site where communication occurs between neurons through neurotransmitters
  9. 17. characteristic of the brain that causes it to change through experience or other influencing factors such as drugs or injury
  10. 19. identical twins
  11. 20. released by the endocrine system to travel through the blood stream and influence a variety of processes
Down
  1. 1. gateway for all nearly all incoming sensory information befor eit reaches the cortex; forebrain structure
  2. 2. regulates sleep, arousal, and coordinates body movements
  3. 4. branch of the peripheral nervous system that allows movement of muscles and joints
  4. 5. extensions of the neuron that detect information from other neurons
  5. 6. branch of the peripheral nervous system that regulates the body’s internal environment
  6. 8. system that has three primary tasks: receives information, integrates that information, and pass signals to other neurons to allow thought and action
  7. 10. through which neurons communicate with each other
  8. 13. nervous system that process information in the brain and spinal cord
  9. 18. long growth of the neuron that enables the neuron to transmit information to other neurons