Across
- 2. is concerned with information from the senses from all over the body.
- 3. nervous system the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions
- 5. the long, thin cells of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain
- 6. is concerned with hearing, memory, emotion, and speaking.
- 8. The cerebral hemisphere is connected by a band of fibers
- 13. is concerned with organization, planning, and creative thinking.
- 15. neurons sensory neurons, relay messages from the sense organs
- 16. neurons motor neurons, send signals from the brain to the glands and muscles.
- 18. nervous system prepares the body for dealing with emergencies or strenuous activity.
- 19. a part of the brain located at the rear base of the skull that is involved in the basic processes of life
- 20. nervous system the brain and spinal cord
- 21. the adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats.
Down
- 1. receive information from the skin senses and from muscles.
- 4. a part of the brain that covers the brain’s central core
- 7. nervous system works to conserve energy and to enhance the body’s ability to recover from strenuous activity.
- 9. nervous system the part of the periph- eral nervous system that controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles
- 10. the gap that exists between individual nerve cells
- 11. the chemicals released by neurons, which determine the rate at which other neurons fire
- 12. The tamping iron, which weighed over 13 pounds and was over 3 feet in length, shot into the air! It entered Gage’s head right below the left eye, and it exited through the top of the skull.
- 14. nervous system nerves branching out from the spinal cord
- 17. is where the visual signals are processed