Neuroscience

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