Neuroscience

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Across
  1. 4. used medically to treat severe epilepsy
  2. 6. transmits information through electrical and chemical signals.
  3. 7. helps govern drives and hormones
  4. 8. the molecular unit of heredity of a living organism.
  5. 9. the "quiet" areas in the cerebral cortex
  6. 10. the part of the nervous system that contains the brain and spinal cord.
  7. 12. connects the CNS to sensory receptors and controls the skeletal muscles.
  8. 15. a structure associated with sleep, waking, movement, and dreaming.
  9. 17. heritability attempts to identify how much genetics play a role in part of differing traits among individuals of a population.
  10. 18. serves as the brain's switchboard.
  11. 19. structure responsible for respiration and heartbeat.
Down
  1. 1. involved in audition, language, comprehension, memory, and some emotional control
  2. 2. connects t he brain's two hemispheres by a bundle of neural fibers
  3. 3. connects the CNS to the rest of the body which is made up of the nerves and the neurons.
  4. 5. the collection of upper-level brain structures
  5. 11. govern motor control, speech production, and higher functions.
  6. 13. the hindbrain, responsible for coordinating balance and fine muscle movement (and come perception and cognition)
  7. 14. responsible for coordinating movement patterns, sleep, and arousal.
  8. 16. the lower region of the brain.
  9. 17. part of the limbic system involved in forming and retrieving memories