Bio Psych

2. Connect sensory and motor neurons in the brain/spinal cord.
5. Maintains body balance (hunger, thirst, temperature)
8. ______ area, Controls speech production.
10. Master gland that controls other glands and hormones.
11. Bundle of fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
12. lobes involved in planning, decision-making, and personality.
14. ______ cortex, Controls voluntary muscle movements.
18. Forms and processes new memories.
20. Lobes processing hearing, language, and memory.
21. ______Nervous system, Arouses the body for action
25. ______ cortex, Front part of the frontal lobe that handles decision-making and self-control.
27. Neurons that carry information from the body to the brain.
28. Processes emotions, especially fear and aggression.
29. Nerve cells that send and receive information.
30. Relays sensory information to the brain
31. Helps with balance and coordination
32. Lobes processing touch and body position (sense of where your body is).

1. Part of the brain stem that controls heartbeat and breathing.
3. _____ Nervous System, the brain and spinal cord; processes information and makes decisions.
4. Period after firing when a neuron cannot fire again.
6. ______Nervous system, Controls involuntary actions (like heartbeat and digestion).
7. When a neuron becomes positively charged and fires.
9. ______Nervous system, Controls voluntary movements of muscles.
13. Lobes processing visual information (seeing).
15. Neurotransmitters are taken back into the sending neuron.
16. ______ area, Controls language comprehension.
17. Cells that support, nourish, and protect neurons.
19. ______Nervous system, All nerves outside the CNS; carries messages to and from the brain and body.
22. Neurons that carry commands from the brain to muscles.
23. Forms and processes new memories.
24. ______Nervous system, Calms the body
26. The minimum level needed to trigger a neuron to fire.