Across
- 1. region of cerebral cortex; involved in planning and control
- 2. processing of memory, decision-making; considered part of limbic system
- 4. large mass of gray matter; functions include relaying sensory and motor signals
- 8. middle part of parietal lobe; deals with sensory info
- 10. central trunk of the brain; connects to the spinal cord
- 11. audition (hearing)
- 17. transmits smell info from the nose to the brain
- 18. plays role in motor control; involved in cognitive functions like attention
Down
- 1. contains cardiac and respiratory centers; deals with autonomic functions of breathing
- 3. set of brain structures; includes hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala
- 5. consolidation of info from short-term to long-term memory
- 6. speaking, planning, logic, personality
- 7. white matter at center of the brain; connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex
- 9. set of interconnected nuclei in the brainstem; plays role in behavioral arousal
- 12. two hemispheres joined beneath the cortex; key roles in memory, attention, and perception
- 13. functions include controlling body temperature, hunger, fatigue, and sleep
- 14. vision
- 15. sensory; touch and body position
- 16. deals with sleep, bladder control, hearing, and taste