Brain Crossword Homework

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Across
  1. 2. The most posterior of the four cerebral lobes; it's function is primarily vision.
  2. 5. fissure The large fissure that separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
  3. 7. variable The variable measured by the experimenter to assess the effect of the independent variable.
  4. 9. The portion of the brain that sits on the brain stem; in general, it plays a role in complex adaptive process
  5. 12. The scientific study of the biology of behavior
  6. 13. Toward the bottom of the primate head or brain
  7. 14. The three protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
  8. 15. A structure in the anterior temporal lobe, just anterior to the hippocampus; plays a role in emotion.
Down
  1. 1. The delicate, innermost meninx
  2. 3. Nerves that carry motor signals from the central nervous system to the skeletal muscles or internal organs.
  3. 4. A fatty insulating substance found in the extensions of glial cells.
  4. 6. Bundles of axons in the peripheral nervous system.
  5. 8. Massive momentary reversal of a neuron's membrane potential from about -70mV to about +50mV.
  6. 10. A neural stain that completely darkens a few of the neurons in each slice of the tissue, thereby revealing their silhouettes.
  7. 11. Neurons with short axons or no axons at all, whose function is to integrate neural activity within a single brain structure.