Across
- 3. basic unit of the nervous system
- 7. regulates basic survival functions
- 9. system that includes glands that produce/release hormones
- 11. regulates movements and control of balance
- 12. fraternal twins
- 14. effect who we are and what we do along with the environment
- 15. branch of the nervous system that process information in the soft organs
- 16. site where communication occurs between neurons through neurotransmitters
- 17. characteristic of the brain that causes it to change through experience or other influencing factors such as drugs or injury
- 19. identical twins
- 20. released by the endocrine system to travel through the blood stream and influence a variety of processes
Down
- 1. gateway for all nearly all incoming sensory information befor eit reaches the cortex; forebrain structure
- 2. regulates sleep, arousal, and coordinates body movements
- 4. branch of the peripheral nervous system that allows movement of muscles and joints
- 5. extensions of the neuron that detect information from other neurons
- 6. branch of the peripheral nervous system that regulates the body’s internal environment
- 8. system that has three primary tasks: receives information, integrates that information, and pass signals to other neurons to allow thought and action
- 10. through which neurons communicate with each other
- 13. nervous system that process information in the brain and spinal cord
- 18. long growth of the neuron that enables the neuron to transmit information to other neurons