Biology of Behavior

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Across
  1. 2. Reabsorption of neurotransmitters after sending a message.
  2. 5. Coordinates movement and balance.
  3. 8. Brain’s ability to change and adapt after damage.
  4. 10. Condition where the two hemispheres are no longer connected.
  5. 12. Controls basic life functions like breathing and heartbeat.
  6. 14. Controls language understanding.
  7. 18. Body’s communication network of cells.
  8. 19. Controls speech production.
  9. 21. Electrical charge that travels down an axon.
  10. 23. Carry messages away from the cell body.
  11. 26. Process visual information.
  12. 28. Receive messages from other neurons.
  13. 31. Controls voluntary movement.
  14. 34. Outer layer of the brain that controls thinking and planning.
  15. 36. Helps form new memories.
  16. 37. Carry messages from the body to the brain.
  17. 40. Processes fear and aggression.
  18. 41. Activates the “fight or flight” response.
  19. 44. Calms the body after stress.
  20. 45. Shows brain activity by tracking glucose use.
  21. 47. Level needed to trigger a neural impulse.
  22. 48. Nerves that connect the CNS to the rest of the body.
Down
  1. 1. Involved in decision-making and movement.
  2. 3. Brain and spinal cord.
  3. 4. Controls alertness and arousal.
  4. 6. Uses magnetic fields to show brain anatomy.
  5. 7. Automatic response to a stimulus.
  6. 9. Connect sensory and motor neurons.
  7. 11. Process touch and body position.
  8. 13. Records brain’s electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp.
  9. 15. Linked to emotions and drives.
  10. 16. Support, protect, and nourish neurons.
  11. 17. Carry messages from the brain to the body.
  12. 20. Brief time when a neuron can’t fire again.
  13. 22. Connects the brain’s two hemispheres.
  14. 24. Covers the axon and speeds up messages.
  15. 25. Receives information from the senses.
  16. 27. Controls automatic body functions.
  17. 29. Uses X-rays to show brain structure.
  18. 30. Chemicals that send messages between neurons.
  19. 32. Process hearing and language.
  20. 33. Nerve cells that send messages.
  21. 35. Basic cell of the nervous system.
  22. 38. Regulates hunger, thirst, and body temperature.
  23. 39. Gap between neurons where messages pass.
  24. 42. Controls heartbeat and breathing.
  25. 43. Contains the neuron’s nucleus and keeps it alive.
  26. 46. Relays sensory messages to the brain’s cortex.