Brain Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. lobe controls decision making personality and movement
  2. 4. lobe handles touch and body awareness
  3. 5. callosum connects the left and right sides of the brain
  4. 11. nervous system controls automatic body functions like heartbeat and digestion
  5. 13. nervous system all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
  6. 14. lobe involved in hearing language and memory
  7. 15. neurons neurons that carry information to the brain
  8. 16. lobe processes visual information
  9. 17. nerve cells that send messages in the body
  10. 18. nervous system prepares the body for stress or danger
  11. 19. nervous system helps the body relax and calm down
Down
  1. 1. the brain’s ability to change and adapt
  2. 3. controls basic functions like breathing and balance
  3. 5. cortex the outer layer of the brain that controls thinking and awareness
  4. 6. chemicals that carry messages between neurons
  5. 7. responsible for thinking emotions and decision making
  6. 8. the small space where neurons pass messages
  7. 9. neurons neurons that carry commands from the brain to the body
  8. 10. nervous system controls voluntary movements like walking and talking
  9. 12. nervous system the brain and spinal cord that control the body