The Nervous System
Across
- 4. long extension that carries electrical impulses away from the cell body and passes them to other cells
- 6. contains the potential energy needed to transmit an impulse
- 9. chemical signals of the nervous system
- 10. detect light intensity
- 11. branchlike extensions of the cytoplasm and cell membrane that receive messages from neighboring cells
- 12. tiny gap between the neurons
Down
- 1. transport Na+ ions out of the cell and bring K+ ions into the cell
- 2. specialized cells in the inner ear that contain mechanoreceptors that detect vibration
- 3. fast moving change in electrical charge across a neurons membrane
- 5. specialized cell that stores information and carries messages within the nervous system
- 7. detect color
- 8. part of the axon through which the impulses leave the neuron