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- 4. controls vital involuntary functions like heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion also maintaining
- 5. the fundamental units of the nervous system, specialized to transmit signals using electrical and chemical impulses
- 7. a clear liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord
- 9. the two lower, powerful pumping chambers of the heart
- 11. the network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
- 14. bundle of nerve tissue, protected by vertebrae
- 17. roviding mechanical protection, acting as a shock absorber,
- 18. acts as the brain's central relay station, processing
- 19. main control, where you think, cranium
- 20. acts as a crucial relay center, bridging signals between the cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord controls functions like
- 22. responsible for coordinating actions and
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- 1. crucial part of the hindbrain in the back of
- 2. small, vital brain region beneath the thalamus
- 3. controls vital functions like hunger, thirst, and body temperature
- 6. controls voluntary movements, like walking or talking, nervous system
- 8. the body's command center
- 10. control,managing,heart rate, breathing
- 12. preparing your body for stress, danger, or intense activity by increasing heart rate, blood pressure, and alertness while slowing digestion and redirecting blood to muscles and the brain
- 13. a small but crucial part of the brainstem connecting the forebrain and hindbrain
- 15. biggest part of the brain
- 16. he body's "rest and digest",nervous system that calms the body and conserves energy
- 21. transmit electrochemical signals between the brain, spinal cord, and the rest of the body
