Across
- 2. controls emotions and behaviors, and is the last part to develop.
- 5. Used for processing language and storing information.
- 9. A medical imaging technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to take pictures of the soft tissues of the body.
- 12. It is found attached to and in between other tissues types in the body.
- 15. bundles of fibers that transmit to and from the brain and spinal cord
- 16. System The _______ ________ contains the brain, brain stem, spinal cord, and nerves.
- 17. The study of the microscopic anatomy of tissues
- 19. controls thought, behavior, emotions, and memory as well as basic life functions such as breathing and heart rate
- 20. The brain and spinal cord are part of the ______ ___________ __________
- 21. A progressive degeneration, and/or death, of nerve cells caused by repeated head injuries, such as repeated concussions.
Down
- 1. The nervous system is responsible for receiving, __________, and reacting to signals from inside and outside the body.
- 3. The smallest unit of life
- 4. System A group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions
- 6. This tissue provides the ability to contract.
- 7. This tissue works to absorb, secrete, protect, and sense for us.
- 8. A collection of tissues in an organism that performs a specific function
- 10. The human body is organized in a series of _______ that build upon the other in order to create us, a complex living system.
- 11. This tissue, made up of specialized cells called neurons, works to receive, interpret, and respond to signals.
- 13. An integrated group of cells with a common function and/or structure
- 14. brain injury A brain dysfunction caused by an outside force to the head.
- 18. All the nerves in the body are part of the ________, _________, ___________