Psychology Chapter 6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. an imaging technique used to see which brain areas are being activated while performing tasks
  2. 3. ___brain - a part of the brain located at the rear base of the skull that is involved in the basic processes of life
  3. 4. the basic building blocks of heredity
  4. 8. _____ nervous system - the brain and spinal cord
  5. 10. a maching used to record the electrical activity of large portions of the brain
  6. 11. a measuring technique used to study brain structure and activity
  7. 13. nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and brain
  8. 16. a chemical communication system, using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream
  9. 19. _____ nervous system - the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles
  10. 20. descended from ancestors with dissimilar genetics
  11. 22. the expression of a particular trait in an organism
  12. 23. descended from ancestors with dissimilar genetics
  13. 24. the chemicals released by neurons, which determine the rate at which other neurons fire
  14. 25. the different regions into which the cerebral cortex is divided
  15. 26. _____gland - the center of control of the endocrine system that secretes a large number of hormones
Down
  1. 1. _____ nervous system - nerves branching beyond the spinal cord into the body
  2. 5. the gap that exists between individual nerve cells
  3. 6. chemical substances that carry messages through the body in blood
  4. 7. the long, thin cell of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain
  5. 9. the set of genes in an organism
  6. 12. _____ nervous system - the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions
  7. 14. twins who comes from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm
  8. 15. the genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring
  9. 17. an imaging technique used to study the brain to pinpoint injuries and brain deterioration
  10. 18. ___brain - a small part of the brain above the pons that arouses the brain, integrates sensory info, and relays it upward
  11. 20. twins who come from one fertilized egg; twins having the same heredity
  12. 21. ___brain - a part of the brain that covers the brain's central core, responsible for sensory and motor control and the processing of thinking and language