Brain Review

2. sleeping, waking and dreaming(in the brainstem)
4. the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands
6. nervous system the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles
10. lobes visual cortex
13. the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body
14. responsible for certain automatic functions such as breathing and heart rate.
16. neurons neurons that carry outgoing information from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands
17. nervous system the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
18. nervous system brain and spinal cord
19. a fatty substance that helps insulate neurons and speeds the transmission of nerve impulses
20. Relays sensory messages to the cerebral cortex

1. lobes Left lobe, Broca’s area
2. A property of the brain that allows it to change as a result of experience, drugs, or injury.
3. lobes Somatosensory cortex
5. Regulates Glands
7. Motor coordination
8. storage of new information in memory
9. natural, opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure
11. lobes Left lobe, Wernicke’s area
12. potential a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
15. Forms learned associations between objects and emotion, especially fear