Across
- 2. syndrome that occurs when an infant is forcefully shaken back & forth, a motion that ruptures blood vessels in the brain
- 4. brain area that responds to the amygdala & the hippocampus to produce hormones that activate other parts of the brain & body
- 6. the brain's six out layers, sometimes called the neocortex
- 7. brain chemical that carries information from the axon of a sending neuron to the dendrites of a receiving neuron
- 9. when two or more people sleep in the same bed
- 10. tendency for children to be severely underweight for their age as a result of malnutrition
- 12. ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image
- 13. when two or more people sleep in the same room
- 15. level of immunity necessary in a population to stop transmission of infectious disease
- 17. a timey brain structure that registers emotions, especially fear and anxiety
Down
- 1. response of a sensory organ when it detects a stimulus
- 3. biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body growth
- 5. a coating on the outside of the axon
- 8. failure of children to grow to a normal height for their age dur to severe & chronic malnutrition
- 11. the primary stress hormone
- 14. the process by which unused connections in the brain atrophy and die
- 16. stage of sleep with flickering eyes behind closed lids, dreaming, & rapid brain waves