Neuroscience Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: chemoreceptors : sensitive to chemical concentrations in the blood, postganglionic : the type of neuron in the parasympathetic system that secretes acetylcholine, parasympathetic : the nervous system that uses a two-neuron pathway from the spinal cord to the effectors, memory system : activated limbic areas can produce autonomic responses, thalamus : visceral information is projected mainly to the memory system, which is a collection of cerebral areas involved in emotion, mood, and motivation, vasoconstriction : in the skin and gut increases blood flow to active muscles, adrenergic : receptors that bind norepinephrine or epinephrine are called _ receptors, cholinergic : acetylcholine, nociceptors : respond to stretch and ischemia, pons : functions of the _ include respiration, hypothalamus : influences cardiorespiratory, metabolic, water reabsorption, and digestive activity by acting on the pituitary gland, control centers in the brainstem, and spinal cord, mechanoreceptors : respond to pressure and to stretch, postganglionic : norepinephrine is the transmitter released by most sympathetic _ neurons, thermoreceptors : respond to very small changes in the temperature of circulating blood (hypothalamus); respond to external temperature changes, medulla : functions of the _ include heart rate, respiration, vasoconstriction, and vasodilation