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- 4. a network of nerves that helps your body activate its “fight-or-flight” response.
- 5. nervous system a component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion,
- 6. is to conserve energy to be used later and to regulate bodily functions like digestion and urination
- 7. lobe the largest lobes in the human brain, The frontal lobes are important for voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions.
- 9. the nerve fibers responsible for carrying signals from the brain to the peripheral nervous system in order to initiate an action.
- 11. the part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements via skeletal muscles.
- 14. includes the upper part of the spinal cord, the brain stem, and a wrinkled ball of tissue called the cerebellum. The hindbrain controls the body's vital functions such as respiration and heart rate
- 18. nervous system The central nervous system is the brain and spinal cord
- 19. lobe The temporal lobes sit behind the ears and are the second largest lobe. They are most commonly associated with processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory.
Down
- 1. the quality of being easily shaped or molded.
- 2. nervous system that part of your nervous system that lies outside your brain and spinal cord.
- 3. chemical messengers that your body can't function without.
- 7. region of the developing vertebrate brain;
- 8. nerve cells that send messages all over your body to allow you to do everything from breathing to talking, eating, walking, and thinking
- 10. a key part of your understanding of the world around you. It processes your sense of touch and assembles input from your other senses into a form you can use.
- 12. lobe The occipital lobes sit at the back of the head and are responsible for visual perception, including colour, form and motion. is the visual processing area of the brain
- 13. the points of contact between neurons where information is passed from one neuron to the next
- 15. the nerve fibers responsible for bringing sensory information from the outside world into the brain.
- 16. callosum the primary commissural region of the brain consisting of white matter tracts that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
- 17. cortex The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of your brain's surface, located on top of the cerebrum. The cerebral cortex carries out essential functions of your brain, like memory, thinking, learning, reasoning, problem-solving,