Chapter 6 Vocab
Across
- 1. Nerves branching beyond the spinal cord into the body
- 4. The long thin cells at the nerve tissue along which messages to and from the brain
- 10. Peripheral, controls biological function
- 12. A chemical communication system using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream.
- 13. The basic building blocks of heredity
- 14. The expression of a particular trait in an organism
- 15. Descended from an ancestors with similar genetics
- 16. Part of the brain, above the pons, that arouses the brain, integrates sensory information and relays it upward
- 17. The set of genes in an organism
- 21. Peripheral, controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles.
- 24. The genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
Down
- 2. An imaging technique used to see which areas of the brain are being activated when performing different tasks
- 3. Chemicals released by neurons, determine the rate other neurons fire.
- 5. Covers the brains central core, responsible for sensory and motor control and the process for thinking and language
- 6. a machine used to record the electrical activity of large portions of the brain
- 7. Part of the brain that is located at the base of the skull, involves basic processes of life
- 8. An imaging technique used to study the brain to pinpoint injuries and brain deterioration
- 9. The brain and spinal cord
- 11. A measuring technique used to study brain structure and activity
- 18. Chemical substances that carry messages through the body in blood
- 19. Gland The center of control of the endocrine systems that secrete large numbers of hormones
- 20. The different regions into the cerebral cortex is divided
- 22. the group between individual nerve cells
- 23. Nerves that run up and down the back that transport messages