Unit 2 Brain Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. sensory receptors send nerve impulses to the spinal cord/brain, impulses are translated into sensory information/sensations which are translated into touching, vision
  2. 3. chemical messages that do the process like growth, metabolism, fertility
  3. 4. directly control all muscle movements from impulses from the spinal cord to the skeletal system to muscles
  4. 5. controls behavioral and emotional responses(reproduction, caring for young, flight, or fight)
  5. 6. sends chemical/electrical messages throughout the brain and nervous system
  6. 9. connects (output)Motor and (input)Sensory Neurons
  7. 10. nonneuronal cells; maintain homeostasis, provide support and protection for neurons
  8. 12. regulating body temp and energy, and the process of memorizing and stress
  9. 14. largest part of the human brain; important for voluntary movement and language
  10. 15. "master gland"
Down
  1. 2. the bodies chemical messengers
  2. 7. in charge of functions that are keeping you alive (breathing, digesting, circulating blood)
  3. 8. passes messages from brain to spinal cord, also plays an important role in regulating involuntary functions
  4. 11. "fight or flight"
  5. 13. produce hormones that help regulate the immune system, blood pressure, responses to stress, etc