Across
- 2. part of the midbrain that houses visual and auditory reflex centers
- 3. myelinated brain and spinal tissue
- 5. type of contraction in which the muscle doesn't actually shorten
- 7. a neuron and all of the skeletal muscles it stimulates
- 8. also known as vasopressin
- 12. "emotional" classification system of the nervous system
- 13. hormone produced by the thymus
- 20. tissue type that composes the heart
- 21. part of the brain responsible for maintaining balance
- 22. neuroglia that form the myelin sheath in the CNS
- 25. involuntary nervous system
- 26. gland, the "master" endocrine gland
- 29. term for a neuron in the resting state
- 31. muscle movement where the palms are facing upward or anteriorly
- 32. layer of connective tissue that wraps around a muscle fascicle
- 35. the brain and spinal cord
- 37. connective tissue tract the connects the cerebral hemispheres
- 38. a smooth sustained contraction with no evidence of relaxation
Down
- 1. neurotransmitter released from axon terminals to trigger muscle contraction
- 4. characterized by bronze skin color
- 6. the target organ of TSH
- 9. an enlargement of the thyroid
- 10. the raised ridges of the cerebrum
- 11. the ability to shorten (a property of muscle cells)
- 14. motion involving decreasing the angle of a joint
- 15. contractile unit of a muscle fiber
- 16. chemical messengers
- 17. characterized by a "buffalo hump"
- 18. point of muscle attachment to the immovable or less movable bone
- 19. blood's liquid matrix
- 23. support cells of the nervous system
- 24. division of the ANS that is used to "rest and digest"
- 26. composed of cranial and spinal nerves
- 27. number of cranial nerves
- 28. cell membrane of a muscle fiber
- 30. cardinal signs include polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia
- 32. organ belonging to both the digestive and endocrine system
- 33. hormone that lowers blood glucose
- 34. a structural neuron with many processes
- 36. another term for voluntary