Nervous System Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A group of organs that gather, interpret, and respond to signals in your body
  2. 4. Long extensions of a neuron that carry impulses to other cells
  3. 7. Main control center of the nervous system
  4. 8. All other parts of the nervous system that are outside our brain & spinal cord
  5. 9. The short branched extensions of a nerve cell body that receives information
  6. 11. these neurons do not need our control
  7. 12. Your brain & spinal cord
  8. 14. neurons that send messages to the skeletal muscles
  9. 15. Where thoughts and senses are stored
  10. 16. The 2 halves of the cerebrum
Down
  1. 2. neurons in this part of the nervous system are under our conscious control
  2. 3. Part of the brain that controls the heart, lungs, & digestion
  3. 5. neurons that gather information about what is happening in and around our body
  4. 6. What protects the spinal cord
  5. 10. Nerve cell specialized for transferring messages
  6. 13. Part of the brain where your balance is maintained