Phineas Gage Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a crane for lifting heavy objects
  2. 7. a seizure disorder caused by breakdowns in the natural electrical patterns in the brain
  3. 9. the bottom part of the brain that leads to the spinal cord and control such involuntary functions such as breathing, heart rate, and reflex reactions
  4. 11. the part of the cortex on the side of the head
  5. 13. a strong, corrosive chemical poison once used as a disinfectant
  6. 16. fissure, a space that divides the left and right hemispheres of the cortex
  7. 18. the middle portion of the cortex at the top of the head
  8. 19. a life-threatening infection occurring went dead and dying tissue closes off the circulation of blood to limbs
  9. 20. a severe bacterial infection
Down
  1. 1. the breakdown of living use bacterial of natural sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide
  2. 3. a nerve cell that transmits electrical or chemical impulses
  3. 4. the part of the cortex at the front of the brain
  4. 5. the inability you speak, usually caused by injury or disease affecting Broca's area on the brain's frontal lobe
  5. 6. a sudden involuntary contraction of the muscle is usually caused by a disruption of the normal electrical patterns of the brain. A seizure is a symptom not a disease in itself
  6. 8. a physiological state in which body temperature falls well below normal
  7. 10. a swollen pocket in the tissue where dead bacteria and immune cells collect during an infection
  8. 12. the part of the cortex at the back of the head
  9. 14. a bundle of neurons that connects the left and right hemispheres of the cortex
  10. 15. extremely small living things composed of one or a few cells that can be seen only through a microscope
  11. 17. a dead body donated for dissection