The Brain

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Across
  1. 5. part of the brain instinctive to emotions and reactions
  2. 6. a nerve cell
  3. 7. a disease that results in memory loss, thinking and behavior
  4. 9. active parts of the brain light up on this scan
  5. 10. the brain stem
  6. 12. what determines the kind of message a cell sends
  7. 13. carries nerve impulses away from cell body
  8. 14. the cell body
  9. 15. part of the autonomic nervous system that slows heartbeat and relaxes body
  10. 16. cheif gland located in the center of the brain
  11. 17. brain cells that provide support and protien for neurons
  12. 19. chemicals released by neurons that carry to other neurons
Down
  1. 1. when a neuron gets electrical stimulation
  2. 2. coating of myelin around the axons
  3. 3. part of the brain that conducts complex mental processes
  4. 4. the electrical current passing through the cell
  5. 8. a disease where physical moevements start to tremor
  6. 11. a branching part of the neuron that receives and transmits nerve impulses
  7. 12. part of the autonomic nervous system that activates body in times of stress
  8. 18. ends of axons that connect to neighboring nerve cells