Neuroanatomy Terminology Crossword Puzzle Words

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Across
  1. 4. made up of tegmentun and tectum
  2. 5. somatosensory, attention
  3. 7. lobe responsible for visual processing
  4. 8. sender (efferent) each neuron has only one
  5. 11. nerves extending out from the brainstem & spinal cord
  6. 14. below
  7. 16. above
  8. 17. posteriorly form cerebellar penduncles
  9. 20. made up of cell bodies, processes information
  10. 22. within ventricles inside brain and within meninges surrounding CNS
  11. 25. sides
  12. 27. cortex deep in the sylvian fissure
  13. 31. triple layer of tissues surrounding entire brain and spinal cord
  14. 32. separates frontal & parietal lobes
  15. 34. towards the body
  16. 35. carry sensory information from the body to the CNS
  17. 36. area represent different cellular organization; are roughly associated with different functions
  18. 37. away from the brain
  19. 38. cut in half front/back
  20. 40. carry motor information from the CNS to the body
  21. 42. relating to processing sensory information from across the body
Down
  1. 1. connects the two brain hemispheres
  2. 2. cut in half through the midline
  3. 3. auditory, basic language, prosody, recognition of objects/faces, memory
  4. 4. system responsible for movement
  5. 6. upper diagonal
  6. 9. separates temporal lobe from the frontal & parietal lobes
  7. 10. primary function is motor control; posterior to brainstem
  8. 11. towards the body
  9. 12. middle
  10. 13. the two sides of the brain
  11. 15. behind the body
  12. 18. becomes spinal cord after exiting brainstem
  13. 19. region responsible for motor, basic language, higher cognition
  14. 21. ganglia the deep nuclei, connected to both motor and sensory systems
  15. 23. away from the midline
  16. 24. made up of the midbrain pons oblongata
  17. 26. contains cingulate gyrus
  18. 28. axons carry signals to other neurons/structures
  19. 29. made up of brain, brainstem & spinal cord
  20. 30. support cells, provide structure and protection
  21. 33. point of communication between axon terminal & other structures
  22. 39. receiver (afferent) can have one or many
  23. 41. part of limbic system, involved in regulating body systems