Nervous System Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A form of brain injury; changes the way you think and causes bruising and swelling of brain tissue
  2. 6. The kind of message that an afferent nerve carries
  3. 7. ___________ time slows as one ages.
  4. 9. Division of the nervous system that is responsible for fight or flight.
  5. 11. Disease that is irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks
  6. 12. Division of the peripheral nervous system responsible for controlling VOLUNTARY muscle movement
  7. 13. A structure within the CNS
  8. 15. Inflammation of the linings of the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include: Headache, fever, stiff neck.
Down
  1. 1. Slowed _____________ is an effect of aging on the nervous system.
  2. 3. Fluid that cushions the brain and spinal cord and acts as protection
  3. 4. membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord and act as protection
  4. 5. Nerves that carry messages to muscles and organs
  5. 8. Cerebrovascular Accident aka stroke
  6. 10. Traumatic Brain Injury
  7. 11. Divison of the nervous system that is responsible for controlling everything involuntary (HR, digestion, respiratory rate, etc.)
  8. 14. One type of nerve within the PNS