Chapter 6 Vocab

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