Across
- 4. Automatic, subconscious responses, like pulling your finger from a hot object
- 7. Part of autonomic system active during ordinary, peaceful conditions
- 8. Connects brain & spinal cord (incl. midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata (2 words, no space)
- 9. Nerves containing sensory & motor nerves
- 10. Nerves that transmit visual impulses
- 13. Most anterior lobe of the cerebrum
- 15. Nerves that serve the hips, legs, feet
- 17. Cerebral areas that interpret sensory experiences, memory, reasoning, verbalizing, judgement
- 18. Nerves branching off the Central Nervous System
- 19. Cerebral lobe that analyzes visual images
- 21. On the brain stem, it regulates heart rate, vasoconstriction, vasodilation, and breathing (2 words, no space)
- 23. It regulates heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, hunger, sleep, digestive functions
- 24. Type of sleep where dreaming occurs
- 25. Largest part of the brain, capable of high level thoughts & consisting of 2 hemispheres
Down
- 1. Part of autonomic system that prepares for energy-expending, stressful, or emergency situations
- 2. Interconnected cavities in the cerebral hemispheres and brain stem that hold cerebral spinal fluid & cushion the brain
- 3. Below the occipital lobe & behind the brainstem, it coordinates skeletal muscle activity & posture
- 5. Foramen (opening) at base of skull where the brain stem exits & becomes the spinal cord
- 6. The 3 tissues layers covering the brain
- 11. Cortex area controlling emotional behavior & awareness of behavioral consequences
- 12. Nerves that transmit auditory impulses
- 14. The skull cavity the brain is inside
- 16. Bridge of nerves connecting the cerebral hemispheres (2 words, no space)
- 20. Nerves that transmit smell impulses
- 22. Nervous system connecting the Central Nervous System to viscera, organs, glands