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