Vocab Choice Board #3

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Across
  1. 4. located directly behind the forehead.
  2. 5. connects the internal organs to the brain by spinal nerves.
  3. 7. also called rhombencephalon, region of the developing vertebrate brain that is composed of the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the cerebellum.
  4. 8. sit at the back of the head and are responsible for visual perception, including colour, form and motion.
  5. 9. the nerve fibers responsible for bringing sensory information from the outside world into the brain.
  6. 11. controls most functions of the body and mind.
  7. 12. the nerve fibers responsible for carrying signals from the brain to the peripheral nervous system in order to initiate an action.
  8. 16. the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the electrical signals at every step in between
  9. 17. the second largest lobe, believed to play an important role in processing affect/emotions, language, and certain aspects of visual perception.
  10. 18. a component of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of the body movements via the use of skeletal muscles.
  11. 19. predominates in quiet “rest and digest” conditions while the sympathetic nervous system drives the “fight or flight” response in stressful situations.
Down
  1. 1. the quality of being easily shaped or molded.
  2. 2. a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell.
  3. 3. the division of the nervous system containing all the nerves that lie outside of the central nervous system (CNS).
  4. 6. the part of the nervous system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.
  5. 10. located near the back and top of the head. They are important for processing and interpreting somatosensory input.
  6. 13. chemical messengers in the body
  7. 14. controls body temperature, reproductive functions, eating, sleeping, and the display of emotions.
  8. 15. a large bundle of more than 200 million myelinated nerve fibers that connect the two brain hemispheres, permitting communication between the right and left sides of the brain.