Lilyanna Robinson brain unit key term
Across
- 2. (Electroencephalograph) — Records the brain’s electrical activity using scalp sensors.
- 3. Lobe Processes vision.
- 4. Cortex Outer layer of the brain; responsible for higher thinking and awareness.
- 7. Brain chemicals that carry messages between nerve cells.
- 11. Regulates hunger, thirst, temperature, and hormones.
- 13. System Controls emotions, memory, and motivation.
- 15. System The body’s network that sends messages to and from all body parts.
- 16. Lobe Handles hearing, memory, and language.
- 20. Callosum — Connects the left and right sides of the brain.
Down
- 1. Nervous System (CNS) The brain and spinal cord.
- 5. Controls basic survival functions like breathing and heart rate.
- 6. Controls balance and coordination.
- 8. Lobe Controls decision-making, personality, and voluntary movement.
- 9. — Relays sensory signals to the correct brain areas.
- 10. Lobe Processes touch, pain, and spatial awareness.
- 12. Brain — When the corpus callosum is cut, making each brain half work independently.
- 14. The large upper brain; handles thinking, memory, and movement.
- 17. Oblongata Lower brainstem; controls breathing, heart rate, and reflexes.
- 18. Scan (Computer Tomography) — Uses X-rays to take pictures of the brain.
- 19. (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) — Uses magnets to create detailed images of the brain.