Brain Key Terms

4. the body's command center. It's made up of your brain, spinal cord and nerves.
5. a structure in the middle of your brain
7. The brain's outermost layer
8. The body's chemical messengers.
9. the principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates
12. the continuation of the spinal cord within the skull
14. A processing center that manages everything that your body does
15. a complex system of nerves and networks in the brain
16. is home to your brain's visual processing abilities
17. a part of your brain located at the back of your head
18. a major part of processing input from multiple senses, as well as for how you store and retrieve memories, experience emotions
19. type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres

1. The part of the brain just behind your forehead.
2. controlling body temperature, thirst, hunger, and other homeostatic systems, and involved in sleep and emotional activity.
3. a noninvasive diagnostic imaging procedure
6. the brain's outermost layer.
10. A test that measures electrical activity in the brain
11. the central trunk of the mammalian brain
13. a major sensory processing hub for the brain