Chapter 6 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Lobe specializing in vision
  2. 6. controls violent emotions like rage and fear
  3. 8. cortex outer layer of the cortex
  4. 9. controls breathing, heart-rate and reflexes
  5. 11. Lobe specializing in hearing, memory, emotions, and speaking
  6. 12. the different regions into which the cerebral cortex is divided
  7. 13. a small part of the brain above the pons that integrates sensory information and relays it upward
  8. 15. Lobe specializing in organization, planning, creative thinking
  9. 17. nerves branching out from the spinal cord
  10. 19. nerves that run down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and the brain
  11. 21. produces chemicals the body needs for sleep
  12. 22. involved in the formation of memories
  13. 23. Hemisphere of the Brain Controls left side of body, verbal, mathmatical, analytic
  14. 24. responsible for relaying information between the cortex and brain stem. Perception, attention, timing, and movement
  15. 25. brain and spinal cord
  16. 27. the genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring
  17. 29. chemical substances that carry messages through the body in blood
  18. 30. the gap that occurs between individual nerve cells
Down
  1. 1. Lobe specializing in senses
  2. 3. a part of the brain located at the rear of the skull that is involved in the basic processes of life
  3. 4. controls posture, balance, and voluntary movements
  4. 5. Callosum bands of fibers that joins the 2 hemispheres of the brain
  5. 7. the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions
  6. 10. a chemical communication system, using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream
  7. 14. the long, thin cells of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain
  8. 15. a part of the brain that covers the central core
  9. 16. the chemicals released by neurons, which determines the rate at which other neurons fire
  10. 18. controls hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, and the bodies reaction to temperature
  11. 20. the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles
  12. 26. the center of control of the endocrine system that secretes a large number of hormones
  13. 28. Hemisphere of the Brain Controls the right side of body, nonverbal, spatial, holistic