Chapter 2: Biology
Across
- 4. destruction of tissue.
- 5. the body's slower chemical communication system, consisting of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream.
- 9. neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contractions.
- 12. natural opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure.
- 13. located at the back and base of the brain, these lobes contain the visual cortex, which receives information from the eyes.
- 15. located on the sides of the brain, these lobes contain the auditory areas, which receive information from the ears.
- 17. large band of neural fibers that links the right and left hemispheres.
- 21. division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of internal organs.
- 23. situated between the frontal and occipital lobes, these lobes contain the sensory cortex.
- 24. technique that measures the levels of activity of different areas of the brain by tracing their consumption of a radioactive form of glucose.
- 26. the part of the limbic system involved in regulation of the emotions of fear and rage.
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- 1. neural impulse generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axon's membrane.
- 2. the division of the nervous system that connect the brain and spinal cord to the body's sense receptors, muscles, and glands.
- 3. extension of a neuron that sends impulses to other nerve cells or to muscles or glands.
- 6. doughnut-shaped neural system that plays an important role in the regulation of emotions and basic physiological drives.
- 7. technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of brain structures.
- 8. simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus.
- 10. located just behind the forehead, these lobes are involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.
- 11. glands that produce the hormones epinephrine and nor-epinephrine.
- 14. located in the brainstem, this structure controls breathing and heartbeat.
- 16. located at the back of the frontal lobe, the part of the cortex that controls voluntary movement.
- 18. junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron.
- 19. limbic system structure that regulates hunger, thirst, and body temperature and contains the so-called reward centers of the brain.
- 20. the thin outer covering of the cerebral hemispheres.
- 22. The brain and spinal cord, collectively, are the ______ nervous system.
- 25. amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity of the brain.