Psychology Chapter 2 Part 1 Crossword

The body's electrochemical communication circuitry.
The brain's special capacity for change.
Nerves that carry information about the external environment to the brain and spinal cord via sensory receptors.
Nerves that carry information out of the brain and spinal cord to other areas of the body.
Network of nerves cells that integrate sensory input and motor output.
The brain and spinal cord.
Network of nerves that connects the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body.
Body system that takes messages to and from the body's internal organs.
Part of the automatic nervous system that arouses the body to mobilize it for action and thus is involved in the experience of stress.
Part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body.
The response of individuals to environmental stressors.
Circumstances and events that threaten individuals and tax their coping abilities and that cause physiological changes to ready the body to handle the assault of stress.
Nerve cells that handle information-processing function.
Provide support, nutritional benefits, and other functions and keep the neurons running smoothly.
The part of the neuron that contains the nucleus.
Layer of fat cells that encases and insulates most axons.
Treelike fibers that receive information and orient it to the neuron's cell body.
Part of the neuron that carries information away from the cell body toward other cells.
Stable, negative charge of an inactive neuron.
Brief wave of positive electrical charge that sweeps down the axon.
Principle that once the electrical impulse reaches a certain level of intensity, it fires and moves all the way down the axon without losing any intensity.
Tiny spaces between neurons.
Drug that mimics or increases a neurotransmitter's effects.
Drug that blocks a neurotransmitter's effects.
Lowest portion of the brain, consisting of the medulla, cerebellum, and pons.
Connects the lower part of the brain to the spinal cord.
Located between the hindbrain and forebrain.
The brain's largest division and it's most forward part.
An almond-shaped structure that is involved in the discrimination of objects that are necessary for the organism's survival.
A set of subcortical brain structures central to emotion, memory, and reward processing.
The structure of the limbic system that has a special role in the storage of memories.