Nervous System Crossword
Across
- 4. Part of the brain that processes the information necessary to complete complex cognitive tasks
- 6. The nervous system allows the body to detect changes in its external environment via _____ (touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing)
- 7. The bony structures that make up the spinal cord
- 8. Nervous system that engages the body's fight or flight response
- 13. A series of vertebrae from skull to lower back
- 14. Bundles of fibers that transmit impulses
- 15. Nervous system that signals the body to conserve energy
- 16. Nervous system that allows the body to perform involuntary actions
Down
- 1. Part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord
- 2. The nervous system allows the body to detect changes in its internal environment when it is not maintaining ______________
- 3. Nervous system that allows the body to perform voluntary actions
- 5. Fundamental units of the brain and nervous system
- 9. The organ inside the skull that controls an organism
- 10. Part of the brain responsible for muscular movement, respiratory rhythm, heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, and staying alert while awake.
- 11. Nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord
- 12. Nervous system made up of nerves