Christmas Nervous system
Across
- 3. The pole that Santa lives at
- 4. Blood vessel that takes blood from the heart to the body
- 6. Title character from A Christmas Carol
- 8. Organ that pumps blood around the body
- 10. The bottom and larger chambers in the heart
- 11. The junction between two neurons
- 14. Part of the nervous system which controls voluntary actions
- 16. Reindeer with the red nose
- 18. Single ice crystal falling from the sky
- 20. Blood travels to and from the lungs via the _____ system
Down
- 1. The muscles that move the ribcage during breathing
- 2. Blood vessel that takes blood from the body back to the heart
- 5. Examples include acetylcholine, nor-adrenaline and glutamate
- 7. Part of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord
- 9. Santa's last name
- 11. The ions that move across the membrane during depolarisation
- 12. The nervous systems fight-or-flight division
- 13. The most famous snowman
- 15. Tiny sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs
- 17. Muscle below the lungs that helps us breathe
- 19. The part of the cardiovascular centre that controls increasing heart rate