New Jersey and the Brain

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Across
  1. 3. hippocampus contributes to memory
  2. 6. corpus callosum, passes information from left to right hemisphere
  3. 7. reticular formation, modulates muscle reflexes, breathing, and pain perception
  4. 8. primary sensory cortex, registers sense of touch
  5. 9. GABA, neurotransmitters are linked with regulation of anxiety
  6. 10. primary visual cortex, where visual processing begins
  7. 11. Norepinephrine, contribute to levels of mood and arousal.
  8. 16. dendrites, branch like structures that receive information
  9. 18. medulla, controls unconscious vital functions
  10. 19. wernicke's area, responsible for language comprehension
  11. 22. thalamus, relay center in which sensory information is relayed to particular parts of cortex
  12. 25. brainstem, controls vital life functions
  13. 26. axons, long fiber that transmit signals away from soma to other neurons, muscles, or glands
  14. 27. endorphis, contributes to pain relief and possibly some pleasurable emotions
  15. 28. frontal lobe, largest lobe in the brain
  16. 30. adrenal glands produce adrenaline
  17. 32. somatic nervous system, made up of nerves that connect to voluntary skeletal muscles and sensory receptors
  18. 33. inhibitory post-synaptic potential is a negative voltage shift
  19. 34. neurons, cells that receive, integrate, and transmit information
  20. 37. pituitary gland, "master gland"
  21. 38. amygalda, involved with aggression and emotion
  22. 39. right hemisphere of the brain.
Down
  1. 1. broca's area, responsible for the production of speech
  2. 2. cerebellum, coordinates fine muscle movement, and balance
  3. 4. pineal gland, influences sexual development
  4. 5. Glia cells, provide support of neurons
  5. 12. terminal buttons, small knobs at the ends of axons that secrete neurotransmitters
  6. 13. optic chiasm, nerve fibers from half of each retina cross over to the opposite side of the brain
  7. 14. nervous system, complex communication network in which signals are constantly being transmitted
  8. 15. limbic system, involved in the regulation of emotion, memory, and motivation
  9. 17. exictatory post-synaptic potential, positive voltage shift
  10. 20. left hemisphere of the brain
  11. 21. soma, cell body
  12. 23. cerebrum, responsible for sensing, thinking, learning
  13. 24. hypothalamus, regulates basic biological needs
  14. 29. pre-frontal cortex, contributes to variety of higher-order functions such as working memory, reasoning of relations of objects and events
  15. 31. temporal lobe, contains the primary auditory cortex
  16. 35. pons, involved in sleep and arousal
  17. 36. primary auditory cortex, devoted to auditory processing