Brain Anatomy and Function

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Across
  1. 3. Lobe – audition (hearing)
  2. 4. – large mass of gray matter with several functions such as relaying of sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex, and the regulation of consciousness, sleep, and alertness
  3. 5. Large marsupial
  4. 9. – primary role in the processing of memory, decision-making, and emotional reactions, the amygdalae are considered part of the limbic system.
  5. 11. – important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation
  6. 16. Cortex – middle of parietal lobe, deals with sensory information (soft, hot, cold, etc.)
  7. 20. Cortex – two hemispheres are joined beneath the cortex by the corpus callosum. The cerebral cortex plays a key role in memory, attention, perception, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness
  8. 23. Has a trunk
  9. 24. Lobe – speaking, planning, logic, personality, abstract thinking, problem solving
Down
  1. 1. – central trunk of the brain connecting to the spinal cord; consists of the medulla, pons, and midbrain, controlling mostly automatic functions
  2. 2. – controls body temperature, hunger, important aspects of parenting and attachment behaviors, thirst, fatigue, sleep, and circadian rhythms
  3. 6. Formation – the reticular formation is a set of interconnected nuclei that are located throughout the brainstem playing a crucial role in maintaining behavioral arousal and consciousness
  4. 7. – contains the cardiac, respiratory, vomiting and vasomotor centers and therefore deals with the autonomic functions of breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.
  5. 8. System – the limbic system is a set of brain structures that includes the olfactory bulbs, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and amygdala
  6. 10. Cortex – the motor cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements
  7. 12. – deals primarily with sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder control, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expressions, facial sensation, and posture
  8. 13. Man's best friend
  9. 14. Likes to chase mice
  10. 15. – plays an important role in motor control, and it may also be involved in some cognitive functions such as attention and language as well as in regulating fear and pleasure responses, but its movement-related functions are the most solidly established
  11. 17. bulbs – perceive information deal with olfaction (smell)
  12. 18. Lobe - vision
  13. 19. Lobe – sensory: touch and body position
  14. 21. Flying mammal
  15. 22. Callosum – white matter at the center of the brain connecting the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex