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- 7. The brain's ability to modify, change, and adapt both structure and function throughout life and in response to experience.
- 8. The part of the brain that is responsible for higher cognitive functions such as memory, emotions, impulse control, problem-solving, social interaction, and motor function.
- 9. The part of the brain that controls body temperature, reproductive functions, eating, sleeping, and the display of emotions.
- 10. The part of the brain that coordinates functions that are fundamental to survival, including respiratory rhythm, motor activity, sleep, and wakefulness.
- 12. A sheet of neural tissue that is outermost to the cerebrum of the mammalian brain
- 13. The fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the electrical signals at every step in between.
- 14. A large bundle of more than 200 million myelinated nerve fibers that connect the two brain hemispheres, permitting communication between the right and left sides of the brain
- 17. The part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements via skeletal muscles
- 18. A structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell
- 19. A chemical substance that is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, causes the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or some other structure.
- 20. The division of the nervous system containing all the nerves that lie outside of the central nervous system
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- 1. The part of the nervous system that directs the body's rapid involuntary response to dangerous or stressful situations
- 2. The part of the nervous system whose function is to conserve energy to be used later and to regulate bodily functions like digestion and urination.
- 3. The lobe responsible for processing and interpreting somatosensory input.
- 4. The part of the nervous system responsible for the control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.
- 5. The nerve fibers responsible for bringing sensory information from the outside world into the brain
- 6. lobe The lobes that play an important role in processing affect/emotions, language, and certain aspects of visual perception
- 11. The part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord
- 15. The lobes that are responsible for visual perception, including color, form and motion
- 16. The nerve fibers responsible for carrying signals from the brain to the peripheral nervous system in order to initiate an action.