nervous system anatomy & physiology

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Across
  1. 6. Essential, distinguishing tissue of any organ or system.
  2. 7. Large, interlacing network of nerves
  3. 9. anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change
  4. 11. is main center of the brain
  5. 13. Macroscopic cord-like collection of fibers
  6. 15. Organ that receives and transmits a stimulus to sensory nerves.
  7. 16. Part of the brain anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla
Down
  1. 1. Thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges.
  2. 2. is the neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells
  3. 3. is the connective and supporting tissue of an organ
  4. 4. is the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
  5. 5. convolution
  6. 8. fissure
  7. 10. Microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell
  8. 12. Portion of the brain beneath the thalamus
  9. 14. Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord