Across
- 3. when the neurotransmitter is being pumped
- 5. long strings of genetic material aka DNA
- 7. located in the front part of the brain
- 9. controls our internal organs and glands
- 13. specific version of a gene
- 16. genetic makeup of an individual
- 18. multiple genes effecting a given trait
- 19. internal organs that regulates blood sugar levels
- 20. cell body
- 22. regulates metabolism and appetite
- 24. blocks or impedes the normal neurotransmitter activity as a receptor
- 25. regulates growth and hormone relief
- 26. drug that strengthens neurotransmitters
Down
- 1. serve as interconnected information processors that are necessary to complete the tasks of the nervous system
- 2. regulates homeostatic processes
- 4. involved in our emotions and emotional meaning to memories
- 6. inherited physical traits
- 8. refers to how the nervous system can change and react
- 10. proteins where neurotransmitters attach
- 11. controls the automatic processes of the autonomic nervous system
- 12. serve to connect (bridges)
- 14. DNA that makes up physical characteristics
- 15. If someones pancreas doesnt function properly, what disease do they suffer from?
- 17. essential for learning and memory
- 21. secrete sexual hormones
- 23. into the neuron that released it to clear the synapse