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The Nervous System
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Across
2. This lobe is primarily
responsible for vision
4. Long fiber that carries
impulses away from cell body
9. This lobe processes
memories, integrating them
with sensations of taste,
sound, sight and touch.
11. Cells that transmit
impulses
12. Contained in sacs in axon
terminals; released to cause
stimulus in the next cell;
chemicals
14. This lobe processes
information about
temperature, taste, touch and
movement
Down
1. Controls reflexes; Carries
signals from brain to the body
3. Fatty insulated sheath
that surrounds all but the
smallest nerve fibers.
5. Second largest part of
the brain; Located at the back
of the skull; Coordinates
balance and movement.
6. Connects brain to the
spinal cord; Controls
involuntary actions.
7. Short branch extensions
that carry impulses towards
the cell body
8. This lobe is important for
cognitive functions and
control of voluntary movement
or activity
10. Largest part of the brain;
Responsible for voluntary and
educated actions; Located in
2 different lobes.
13. a bundle of fibers running
to organs and tissues in the
body.