Unit 2: Biological Bases

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Across
  1. 1. Uncontrolled sleep attacks
  2. 2. Active stage of sleep, vivid dreams and nightmares occur
  3. 4. The reabsorption by the sending Neuron
  4. 6. Brain and spinal cord
  5. 8. Brain's ability to change, mostly during childhood
  6. 9. Inhibitory neurotransmitter
  7. 11. Limbic system, learning and memory
  8. 12. Chemical substance blockers
  9. 14. Sensory and motor neurons, connecting CNS to the body
  10. 20. Layer of fatty tissue to protect the fibers of neurons
  11. 21. Neural impulse, brief electrical charge
  12. 22. Neuron extension,passes electrical messages
  13. 23. Nerve Cell, basic building blocks
  14. 24. Sense of reward,influence movement and attention
  15. 25. Level of stimulation needed for Neural impulse
Down
  1. 1. Controls alertness and arousal
  2. 3. Neurons branching extensions,receive messages
  3. 5. Linked to pain control and pleasure
  4. 7. Period of inactivity after Neuron is fired
  5. 10. Neurotransmitter, enables learning and memory, triggers muscle contraction
  6. 13. Junction between the terminal buttons and the dendrite
  7. 15. directs maintenance activities,govern endocrine system. Linked to emotion and reward
  8. 16. Chemical that Mimics neurotransmitters
  9. 17. Affects mood,hunger,sleep, and arousal
  10. 18. Chemical messengers that cross between synaptic gaps
  11. 19. Cells that nourish,support, and protect neurons