Nervous System
Across
- 3. Largest part of brain.
- 5. Send information BETWEEN sensory neurons and motor neurons. Most interneurons are located in the central nervous system.
- 7. Neurons can also be classified by the ________ that they send information:
- 8. Branched parts of a neuron that receive impulses from other neurons.
- 9. Single long fiber that carries impulses away from the cell body.
- 10. Spaces in between the nerve cells.
- 14. Controls and coordinates all the functions of the body.
- 15. Axon coated with insulation made of_________.
- 18. The pathway that an impulse follows to illicit a response to a stimulus.
- 20. A change in the environment.
Down
- 1. Send messages away from the cell body.
- 2. Involuntary
- 4. How the body reacts to a stimulus.
- 6. The “jumping across” the synapse is facilitated (helped) by chemicals called ______.
- 11. (or afferent) neurons: send information from sensory receptors (e.g., in skin, eyes, nose, tongue, ears) TOWARD the central nervous system.
- 12. Responsible for the coordination of muscles and is the center of balance
- 13. (or efferent) neurons: send information AWAY from the central nervous system to muscles or glands.
- 16. Is the scientific name for a Nerve Cell.
- 17. Voluntary
- 19. Contains cytoplasm and the nucleus. Impulses pass through here to the axon.