Neuro Checkpoint 1

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Across
  1. 2. Lobe responsible for processing sensory information (such as touch or temperature) and spatial awareness
  2. 3. Important structure for balance and movement, but also helps coordinate fast and precise muscle movements for speech
  3. 6. Lobe responsible for processing auditory information and language
  4. 8. Structure responsible for initiation and termination of action plans
  5. 9. Lobe responsible for processing and interpreting visual information
  6. 10. Lobe necessary for executive function (such as planning, reasoning, and problem-solving)
  7. 11. Regulates essential, involuntary life-sustaining functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure
  8. 13. Structure responsible for turning short-term memories into long-term memories
  9. 14. Fiber tract that connects Wernicke's Area and Brocas's Area
Down
  1. 1. Primary center of language reception and comprehension
  2. 3. A group of fibers that provides connection between the two hemispheres of the brain
  3. 4. White matter tract that connects the cerebral cortex and the brainstem. Important for motor movement and planning.
  4. 5. Primary center for language production and articulation
  5. 7. Connects limbic system and frontal lobe
  6. 12. "Relay station" for incoming motor and sensory information