Nervous System and Human Brain
Across
- 4. the lower part of the brain
- 6. the part of the eye containing rod and cone cells
- 7. nerve endings that branch out of the cell body
- 8. the part of the brain responsible for maintaining a constant heart rate
- 9. this type of neuron are connected to sensory organs
- 10. a sensory nerve contained in the back of the eye used to see colour
- 13. the long thin part of a neuron
- 14. people with the disease multiple ??? have damaged myelin sheaths
- 16. the base of the brain stem where automatic functions are controlled
- 17. the type of sheath that insulates the axon
- 18. the name for a nerve cell
- 19. the largest part of the brain
Down
- 1. the name of the chemical message released from the synaptic gap
- 2. nerves that receive messages from sensory neurons
- 3. what the myelin sheath helps to increase in regard to nerve impulses
- 5. this type of neuron carries messages from the CNS
- 9. these terminals release chemical messages from neurons
- 10. electrical messages are converted into this type of message to cross the synapse
- 11. the type of impulses that pass along neurons
- 12. a sensory nerved contained in the retina used in low light
- 15. the part of the brain that gives us balance