Nervous System

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Across
  1. 1. maintains homeostasis across the body
  2. 4. parasympathetic neurotransmitter
  3. 6. correlation between receptive field size and acuity strength
  4. 8. signals going to the rest of the body from the brain
  5. 10. used for “fight or flight” response; AKA adrenaline
  6. 16. part of sympathetic; controls digestion
  7. 17. part of peripheral; works through neuromuscular junctions
  8. 18. primary component of gray matter neurons (two words)
  9. 19. one part of nervous system; equivalent of puppet master’s fingers
  10. 20. lobe that grants hearing
  11. 22. signals going from the brain to the body
  12. 25. sympathetic neurotransmitter; used for “fight or flight” response
  13. 27. "captain" for motion decisions (two words)
  14. 28. “post office” for efferent neurons
Down
  1. 2. part of autonomic nervous system; delivers adrenaline rush
  2. 3. chemicals that send messages between axons and neuron bodies
  3. 5. ____ potential; measured in millivolts; ΔV of membrane at rest
  4. 7. one part of nervous system; equivalent to puppet strings
  5. 9. majority classification of synapses
  6. 11. pathway stream that processes object recognition
  7. 12. destressing part of the autonomic nervous system
  8. 13. "telegraph" between neurons (two words)
  9. 14. lobe that contains cortex which allows you to dance
  10. 15. lobe that grants vision
  11. 21. output end of a neuron
  12. 23. lobe that allows you to find your way in the dark with only touch
  13. 24. No signal goes in or out of the CNS without going past this. (two words)
  14. 26. pathway stream that determines location and position