Chapter 2.1 Psychology Review
Across
- 3. a pair of endocrine glands that secrete hormones helping to arouse the body in times of stress
- 4. the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body
- 7. a type of scan with a type of pet in the name
- 10. the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body; think "flight or flight"
- 13. neurons within the brain and spinal cord
- 14. efferent neurons; think of a car
- 15. the brain's sensory control center
- 20. neurons that carry incoming information from the body's tissues and sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
- 22. a brain imaging technique that measures magnetic fields from the brain's natural electrical activity
- 25. instrument for lesions
- 27. term for tissue destruction
- 29. responsible for gathering information and transmitting central nervous system decisions to other body parts
Down
- 1. chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands
- 2. bundled axons that form neural "cables"
- 5. consists of the brain and spinal cord
- 6. the endocrine system's most influential gland; think growth
- 8. the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing
- 9. a knee-jerk response is a...
- 11. the body's "slow" chemical communication system; contains glands that release hormones
- 12. secretes melatonin
- 16. also called the skeletal nervous system
- 17. uses light to control the activity of individual neurons
- 18. the oldest part and central core of the brain
- 19. procedure to help fight depression that uses a magnetic pulse
- 21. they show brain anatomy
- 23. the "self-regulating" nervous system
- 24. it shows brain function; measures bloodflow to brain regions by comparing successive MRI scans
- 26. Papa uses this on Eleven in Stanger Things
- 28. the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network
- 29. a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task