Neuroscience Crossword
Across
- 4. most numerous of neuron types
- 8. the posterior border of the frontal lobe and the anterior border of the parietal lobe
- 12. symptoms that completely resolve
- 13. difference in electrical charge outside vs. inside soma
- 16. primary crossover point for sensory and motor information
- 20. central core portion of the midbrain that runs through all 3 structures
- 21. the bony vertebral column that houses the spinal cord
- 22. the major nerve supplying the ocular and extraocular muscles
- 23. most numerous glial cells found in white and grey matter
- 24. fatty protective covering around axon
- 25. the 3 layers of protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
Down
- 1. large tracts of white matter traveling to the same place in the CNS
- 2. the triangular space where the medulla, pons, and cerebellum intersect
- 3. the white matter tract of the spinal cord that contains about 70% of motor fibers
- 5. The spinal cord is ____ to the organization in the cerebrum with grey matter on the outside and white matter on the inside.
- 6. the internal awareness of range and direction of motion of limbs
- 7. contain vesicles of neurotransmitters
- 9. large bulging masses of white matter on anterior surface of the pons
- 10. the white matter tracts in the spinal cord carrying motor information
- 11. the white matter tract originating from the red nucleus in the midbrain
- 14. something that can interfere with an image of the body and make it difficult to read
- 15. inhibitory change of ions inside nerve cells moving towards a more negative charge
- 17. the ability to find the light switch on the wall in a dark room
- 18. creases and convolutions on the surface of the cerebellum
- 19. separates the cerebellum from the cerebral hemispheres