AP Psychology Modules 9-11

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Across
  1. 3. the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
  2. 4. brain's sensory control center
  3. 5. part of a neuron that contains the nucleus
  4. 7. chemical messenger that cross the synaptic gap between neurons
  5. 8. tissue destruction
  6. 9. the brain and spinal cord
  7. 12. part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the skeletal muscles
  8. 13. neurons that carry incoming info from tissues and sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
  9. 15. automatic response to a sensory stimulus
  10. 17. series of x-rays taken from different angles and combined into a composite of a slice of the brain's structure
  11. 19. two lima-bean-sized nerual clusters linked to emotion
  12. 20. a neural impulse sending an electrical charge down an axon
  13. 22. molecule that increases a neurotransmitter's reaction
  14. 25. visual display of brain activity that detects radioactive glucose while performing a task
  15. 26. neurons that carry outgoing info from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
  16. 30. space between the axon tip of a sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
  17. 31. "little brain" at the rear of brainstem
  18. 32. resting pause that occurs after a neuron has fired
  19. 35. part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body
  20. 38. pair of endocrine glands that sir above the kidneys and secrete hormones that arouse the body
  21. 40. chemical messenger manufactured by the endocrine glands
  22. 41. neural center in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories
  23. 43. oldest part and central core of the brain
  24. 44. neurons within the brain and spinal cord
  25. 45. part of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body
Down
  1. 1. a neuron's reaction of firing or not firing
  2. 2. part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
  3. 6. neural system below the cerebral hemispheres associated with emotion and drive
  4. 10. body's speedy, electrochemical communication network
  5. 11. sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body
  6. 14. amplified recording of waves of electrical activity
  7. 15. nerve network that travels through the brainstem into the thalamus and controls arousal
  8. 16. base of the brainstem controlling heartbeat and breathing
  9. 18. endocrine system's most influential gland
  10. 21. neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons, muscles, or glands
  11. 23. bundled axons that norm neural cabled connecting the CNS to muscles, glands, and organs
  12. 24. a neurotransmitte's reabsorption by the sending neuron
  13. 27. a neuron's branching extensions that receive and integrate messages
  14. 28. neural structure that directs eating, drinking, body temp., governs endocrine system, and linked to emotion and reward
  15. 29. cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons
  16. 33. technique for revealing bloodflow and brain activity showing brain function and structure
  17. 34. technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce a computer-generated image of soft tissue
  18. 36. the body's "slow" chemical communication system
  19. 37. fatty tissue encasing the axon of neurons
  20. 39. natural opiate-like neurotransmitters
  21. 42. molecule that blocks a neurotransmitter's action
  22. 46. a nerve cell; basic building block of nervous system
  23. 47. brain's imaging technique that measures magnetic fields