Phineas Gage Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. the elaboration of Josef Gall's original idea that brain functions were highly localized
  2. 5. a seizure disorder caused by breakdowns in the natural electrical patterns of the brain
  3. 7. the part of the brain located at the back of the head beneath the occipital lobe that regulates involuntary muscles controlling balance and muscle tension
  4. 8. extremely small living things composed of one or a few cells that can be seen only through a microscope
  5. 9. the breakdown by living yeast bacteria of natural sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide
  6. 10. the tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the connecting dendrite of another
  7. 12. a large tribe of related bacteria. They are pathogenic, meaning they cause disease, usually through wound infections or food poisoning
  8. 14. a nerve cell that transmits electrical or chemical impulses
  9. 15. a life-threatening infection occurring when dead and dying tissue close off the circulation of blood to limbs
  10. 16. the inability to speak, usually caused by injury or disease affecting Broca's area on the brain's frontal lobe
  11. 17. a crane for lifting heavy objects
  12. 18. the first widely used antibiotic that halted infections by attacking pathogenic bacteria
Down
  1. 1. a physiological state in which body temperature falls well below normal
  2. 2. a sudden, involuntary contraction of the muscles usually caused by a disruption of the normal electrical patterns of the brain
  3. 4. an early photographic process that created a positive image on a metal plate, replaced in the 1860s by glass plate and colloid films that produced negatives
  4. 6. a severe bacterial infection
  5. 7. a dead body donated for dissection
  6. 11. one-celled microorganisms that thrive virtually every environment on earth, as well as within larger organisms
  7. 12. another large family of pathogenic bacteria that can infect, among other systems, the lungs and the digestive tract. When it infects red blood cells, it can cause scarlet and rheumatic fevers
  8. 13. a swollen pocket in tissue where dead bacteria and immune cells collect during an infection