Vocab for Quiz #2

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Across
  1. 7. structure that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another
  2. 8. the study and its attributes of each brain hemisphere
  3. 13. endogenous chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another ‘target’ neuron
  4. 14. a small organelle within a cell, consisting of fluid enclosed by a lipid bilayer membrane
  5. 15. region of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord
  6. 16. central nervous system consists of neurons and these
  7. 17. Nervous System CNS
  8. 18. ability of neurons to process information, store/recall it, and make decisions
Down
  1. 1. short-lasting event in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls, following a consistent trajectory
  2. 2. small portion of the brain that contains a number of small nuclei
  3. 3. important for efficient and complex brain processes
  4. 4. region of the brain that plays an important role in motor control
  5. 5. neural pathway that controls an action reflex
  6. 6. Nervous SystemPNS
  7. 9. EEG
  8. 10. outermost layered structure of neural tissue of the brain
  9. 11. thick band of nerve fibers that divides the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres
  10. 12. electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals
  11. 19. complex set of brain structures that lies on both sides of the thalamus, right under the cerebrum
  12. 20. large, dual lobed mass of grey matter buried under the cerebral cortex