Chapter 5 - Developmental

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Across
  1. 2. syndrome that occurs when an infant is forcefully shaken back & forth, a motion that ruptures blood vessels in the brain
  2. 4. brain area that responds to the amygdala & the hippocampus to produce hormones that activate other parts of the brain & body
  3. 6. the brain's six out layers, sometimes called the neocortex
  4. 7. brain chemical that carries information from the axon of a sending neuron to the dendrites of a receiving neuron
  5. 9. when two or more people sleep in the same bed
  6. 10. tendency for children to be severely underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
  7. 12. ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image
  8. 13. when two or more people sleep in the same room
  9. 15. level of immunity necessary in a population to stop transmission of infectious disease
  10. 17. a timey brain structure that registers emotions, especially fear and anxiety
Down
  1. 1. response of a sensory organ when it detects a stimulus
  2. 3. biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body growth
  3. 5. a coating on the outside of the axon
  4. 8. failure of children to grow to a normal height for their age dur to severe & chronic malnutrition
  5. 11. the primary stress hormone
  6. 14. the process by which unused connections in the brain atrophy and die
  7. 16. stage of sleep with flickering eyes behind closed lids, dreaming, & rapid brain waves