Across
- 7. relays messages between the brain and the rest of the body
- 8. the bottom, stalk like portion of the brain, connects your brain to your spinal cord, sends messages to the rest of the body to regulate balance, breathing, heart rate and more
- 9. lobes in the back of the brain; allow you to notice and interpret visual information; control how a person processes shapes, colors, and movement
- 11. the mental process that enables us to plan, focus attention, remember, and juggle multiple tasks
- 14. send out hormones to different organs in the body
- 15. cortex part of the frontal lobe; generates signals to direct the movement of the body
- 16. maintains balance, posture, coordination, and find motor skills; located in the back of your brain
- 17. the place where neurons connect and communicate with each other; each neuron has hundreds to thousands of synaptic connections
- 18. part of the temporal lobe, brains memory library, stores declarative memories, which are memories you can access, remember, and describe; declarative memories include memories of events or memorized facts and information; also helps with recognition memory, which is the ability to recognize something based on stored memory
- 20. cortex the largest part of the brain; two halves (hemispheres); right hemisphere controls cognition, emotions, and spatial orientation; left hemisphere controls expressive language skills and receptive language skills
- 21. sits below the thalamus; important in regulating hormonal functions, automatic function, hunger, thirst, and sleep; works with your pituitary glad in the control of your hormonal system
Down
- 1. are in the front part of the brain right behind the forehead; largest lobe and controls voluntary movement, speech, and intellect; control primary motor cortex; plays an important role in memory, intelligence, and personality
- 2. is a pair of areas on your brain’s left and right sides, inside your skull near your temples, play a role in managing your emotions, processing information from your senses, storing and retrieving memories, and understanding language
- 3. having self-awareness about own thinking; knowing what you know and don’t know
- 4. interprets sights, sounds and touches; regulates emotions, reasoning, and learning; makes up about 80% of your brain
- 5. projections of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons
- 6. lobes near the center of the brain; receive and interpret signals from other parts of the brain; integrates many sensory inputs so a person can understand the environment and the state of the body; helps give meaning to what’s going on in your environment
- 10. an essential organ that controls many body functions; receives and interprets all the sensory information a person encounters, like sights, sounds, smells, and tastes; many complex parts that work together to help a person function
- 12. resides deep in the cerebrum above the brainstem; often referred to as the switchboard of the central nervous system; relays sensory information, like sight, sound our touch to the cerebral cortex
- 13. cells in your brain and nerves that can send and relay signals to other neurons
- 19. part of the temporal lobe, manages emotions like fear and anxiety, contributes to how a person feels when they get a reward and learning-related emotions