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Nervous System Crossword
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Medulla : breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure
Reticular Formation : arousal and attention
Pons : sleep/waking cycles
Cerebellum : motor control, balance, cognition
Superior colliculi : visual reflexes
Inferior colliculi : auditory reflexes
Substantia nigra : motor control
Periaqueductal gray : pain
Thalamus : sensory processing, states of arousal, memory
Hypothalamus : regulation of hunger, thirst, aggression, sexual behavior, and the autonomic nervous system
Amygdala : recognition of danger; aggression
Hippocampus : memory formation
Cerebral cortex : highest level of sensory and motor processing; highest cognitive activity
Corpus callosum :connects the two cerebral hemispheres
Olfactory : carries sense of smell.
Optic : vision.
Oculomotor : eye movements.
Trochlear : controls superior oblique eye muscles.
Trigeminal : chewing muscles & sensory from face & inside mouth & nose.
Abducens : moves eye laterally.
Facial : facial expressions, salivary glands, anterior taste buds.
Vestibulocochlear : balance & hearing.
Glossopharyngeal : swallowing muscles; triggers saliva production; posterior taste buds.
Vagus : regulates digestive & heart activites; only nerve to extend into thoracic cavity.
Accessory : activates sternocleidomastoid
Hypoglossal : carries motor info for tongue movements
Nervous System Crossword
Across:3. | regulates digestive & heart activites; only nerve to extend into thoracic cavity. | 4. | chewing muscles & sensory from face & inside mouth & nose. | 6. | breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure | 9. | sleep/waking cycles | 16. | balance & hearing. |
| 18. | controls superior oblique eye muscles. | 22. | auditory reflexes | 23. | activates sternocleidomastoid | 24. | recognition of danger; aggression |
| | Down:1. | facial expressions, salivary glands, anterior taste buds. | 2. | arousal and attention | 5. | pain | 7. | swallowing muscles; triggers saliva production; posterior taste buds. | 8. | connects the two cerebral hemispheres | 10. | carries sense of smell. | 11. | motor control | 12. | vision. |
| 13. | visual reflexes | 14. | motor control, balance, cognition | 15. | regulation of hunger, thirst, aggression, sexual behavior, and the autonomic nervous system | 17. | highest level of sensory and motor processing; highest cognitive activity | 19. | sensory processing, states of arousal, memory | 20. | eye movements. | 21. | moves eye laterally. |
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Nervous System Crossword
Across:3. | regulates digestive & heart activites; only nerve to extend into thoracic cavity. | 4. | chewing muscles & sensory from face & inside mouth & nose. | 6. | breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure | 9. | sleep/waking cycles | 16. | balance & hearing. |
| 18. | controls superior oblique eye muscles. | 22. | auditory reflexes | 23. | activates sternocleidomastoid | 24. | recognition of danger; aggression |
| | Down:1. | facial expressions, salivary glands, anterior taste buds. | 2. | arousal and attention | 5. | pain | 7. | swallowing muscles; triggers saliva production; posterior taste buds. | 8. | connects the two cerebral hemispheres | 10. | carries sense of smell. | 11. | motor control | 12. | vision. |
| 13. | visual reflexes | 14. | motor control, balance, cognition | 15. | regulation of hunger, thirst, aggression, sexual behavior, and the autonomic nervous system | 17. | highest level of sensory and motor processing; highest cognitive activity | 19. | sensory processing, states of arousal, memory | 20. | eye movements. | 21. | moves eye laterally. |
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