THE NERVOUS AND LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
Across
- 4. nerves that that take messages from the brain to the body
- 6. muscles perform this action and they become shorter
- 10. basic structural unit of the nervous system
- 11. part of a neuron which carry messages away from the cell body
- 12. longest bone of the body
- 13. part of the brain that controls voluntary movements
- 17. voluntary muscles attached to bones
- 18. nerves that take messages from the senses to the brain
- 20. place where two bones meet
Down
- 1. part of the brain which controls breathing, digestion and heart beating
- 2. involuntary muscles found in the heart that contract automatically
- 3. strong elastic tissues that connect the bones of a joint
- 5. soft elastic tissue which covers the end of bones
- 7. involuntary muscles that can contract without us thinking about it
- 8. it controls balance
- 9. part of a neuron which carry messages to cell bodies
- 14. involuntary movements in response to external stimuli
- 15. tissue that connect muscles to bones
- 16. muscles perform this action and they become longer
- 19. space between nerve cells