Psychology Choice Board 3

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Across
  1. 1. controls muscle movement and relays information from ears, eyes, and skin to the central nervous system
  2. 3. best known for its role in responding to dangerous or stressful situations
  3. 7. Nervous System - a network of nerves that relaxes your body after periods of stress and danger
  4. 9. Chemical messengers that carry chemical signals from one neuron to the next target cell
  5. 12. The nerve fibers responsible for carrying signals from the brain to the peripheral nervous system in order to initiate a reaction
  6. 14. paired lobes of the brain associated with processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory
  7. 15. the largest lobes in the human brain that are important for voluntary movement, expressive language, and for managing high level executive functions
  8. 16. responsible for receiving and processing sensory information, thinking, perceiving, producing, and understanding language, and controlling motor function
  9. 17. Controls involuntary bodily functions and regulates glands
  10. 18. a part of the circuit that connects sensory organs, like those that detect pain and touch, in the peripheral nervous system to the brain
  11. 19. a bundle of more than 200 million nerve fibers that connect the two brain hemispheres, permitting communication, between the right and left sides of the brain
Down
  1. 2. The nerve fibers responsible for bringing sensory information from the outside world into the brain
  2. 4. Made up of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
  3. 5. the ability of the nervous system to change its activity in response to stimuli by reorganizing its structure, functions, or connections
  4. 6. the rearmost lobe in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain that is primarily responsible for visual processing
  5. 8. the outer layer that lies on top of the cerebrum associated with higher level processes such as consciousness, thought, emotion, reasoning, language, and memory
  6. 10. coordinates functions that are fundamental to survival including the respiratory rhythm, motor activity, sleep, and wakefulness
  7. 11. paired lobes at the top of the head, responsible for sensory perception and integration, including the management of taste, hearing, sight, touch, and smell
  8. 13. Made up of the brain and spinal cord