Extra Credit: Brain and Nervous System
Across
- 3. space between two neurons where chemical signals are released
- 5. electrical impulse that neurons use to communicate
- 8. chemical signal
- 10. type of communication that happens BETWEENS neurons
- 12. support cells that form myelin and the blood-brain barrier
Down
- 1. receives information from other neurons
- 2. nerve cell specialized for communication
- 4. the end of the axon that releases information
- 6. type of communication that happens WITHIN the neuron
- 7. the period of time in which an action potential cannot take place
- 9. part of the neuron in which action potential takes place
- 11. allows for faster transmission of neurotransmitters