Across
- 3. is an electrically excitable cell that receives, processes, and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals
- 5. is a long, projection of a neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses, away from the nerve cell body
- 7. neurons are this type of cell
- 9. the type of organelles that act like a digestive system which takes in nutrients, breaks them down, and creates energy
- 10. neurons communicate with each other through this process
Down
- 1. the number of classes of neurons
- 2. junction between two nerve cells
- 4. is a chemical substance which is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse
- 6. neurons are specialized systems of this body function
- 8. the change in electrical potential of an impulse along the membrane of a nerve cell