Nervous System

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Across
  1. 3. cord Connects the brain to peripheral nerves (6, 4 letters)
  2. 4. Body parts where nerve endings diminish with age (5, 4 letters)
  3. 7. What decreases along with taste bud loss (8 letters)
  4. 8. Basic functional unit of nervous system (6 letters)
  5. 9. Sense that decreases up to 20% by age 70 (5 letters)
Down
  1. 1. The control center of the nervous system (5 letters)
  2. 2. pitch Type of frequency hearing lost first with age (4, 5 letters)
  3. 5. Disease that makes touch sensitivity loss problematic (8 letters)
  4. 6. System including brain and spinal cord (7 letters)