Brain Basics

1. What the neuron's electrical signals travel down.
5. An electrical impulse.
6. Lobes of the brain that are involved in integrating sensory information.
10. Send the brain specific cues about the condition and activity of distant tissues in the body.
11. Contains The neurons nucleus and genetic information.
12. Support cells of the brain.
13. Where the signal is passed across a synapse to other cells.
14. The functional unit of neural circuits.
15. Lobes of the brain that are involved in processing visual information.

2. The process of chemical signals crossing the synapse.
3. Chemical messengers.
4. Collect incoming signals from other neurons.
7. The junction at which signals are passed between neurons.
8. Known as the little brain.
9. Lobes of the brain that are involved in memory and emotional, higher cognitive skills, and voluntary movements.