Nervous System & Brain
Across
- 4. magnetic resonance imaging
- 5. hearing lobe
- 9. master gland
- 10. a large mammal at college or a part of the brain responsible for memory
- 12. principle by which neurons fire
- 13. connection between neurons
- 14. controls emotions and motivations
- 18. the vision lobe
- 19. long,thin cells of nerve tissue
- 20. cerebral cortex is divided into four of them; on your ears too
- 21. part of brain responsible for basic life processes
- 23. EEG, eg.
- 26. neurotransmitter responsible for governing sleep,appetite and temp.
- 27. band of fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain
- 29. injuring part of thebrain to measure its effect
- 30. imaging technique used to see what areas of the brain are active while performing tasks; not your cat or dog
- 31. this lobe recalls recent events, remember?
Down
- 1. outer layer of brain controls learning and memory
- 2. chemicals responsible for communication through nervous system
- 3. protects the axon
- 6. chemical serving as pain inhibitors
- 7. part of nervous system that expends energy during stressful situations
- 8. send messages to muscles and glands
- 11. part of brain that controls rage and violent emotions
- 15. the brain and spinal cord
- 16. part of mid-brain that alerts rest of brain of incoming signals
- 17. you use this side of your brain in art and geometry class
- 22. part of PNS that controls voluntary muscles
- 24. RR worker who survived iron rod going through his skull
- 25. part of the brain that does most of your thinking
- 28. sensory neurons