Phineas Gage Crossword

3. the tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the connecting dendrite of another. Synapses are bridges by chemical messengers called neurotransmitters
6. the middle part of the cortex at the top of the head
7. a seizure disorder caused by breakdowns in the natural electrical patterns of the brain
8. similar in appearance to a crowbar, a tamping iron was a specialized tool for gunpowder blasting in construction work before the invention of dynamite
10. chemical signals that carry nerve impulses across the synapses between neurons
13. a strong corrosive chemical poison once used as a disinfectant
14. the elaboration or Josef Gall's original idea that brain functions were highly localized. Phrenology grew into an elaborate pseudoscience that divined human intelligence by reading bumps and dips on the head
16. the inability to understand speech, usually the result of brain damage to Wernicke's area on the temporal lobe of the cortex
17. a physiological state in which body temperature falls well below normal
18. the inability to speak, usually caused by injury or disease affecting Broca's area on the frontal lobe
19. the part of the cortex at the back of the brain

1. a severe bacterial infection
2. the part of the cortex on the side of the head
4. a nerve cell that transmits electrical or chemical impulses
5. bundle of neurons that connects the left and right hemispheres of the cortex
7. an instrument that traces electrical patterns in the brain
9. a dead body donated for dissection
11. a large tribe of related bacteria. They are pathogenic, meaning they cause disease, usually through a wound, infections,or food poisoning
12. large family of pathogenic bacteria that can infect, among other systems, the lungs and the digestive tract. When strep infects red blood cells it can cause scarlet and rheumatic fevers
15. extremely small living things composed of one or a few cells that can be seen only through a microscope