Across
- 3. coordination center for reflex responses to visual and auditory stimuli
- 7. potential that causes a brief change in membrane potential in a nerve or muscle cell
- 8. branching neuron extension that serves as a receptive or input region
- 9. neuron within the CNS that receive input from one or more neurons and influence the function of other neurons
- 11. helps regulate body's internal environment;affect the secreting hormones of the anterior pituitary
- 14. chemical released by a neuron that may stimulate or inhibit other neurons or effector cells
Down
- 1. oblongata contains reflex centers for vital functions such as respiration and blood circulation
- 2. accumulation of effects, especially those of muscular or neural activity
- 4. extension of a neuron that carries nurve impulses away from the nerve cell body
- 5. cells specialized for communication, generate and transmit nerve impulses
- 6. brain region most involved in producing smooth,coordinated skeletal muscle activity
- 10. potential slight difference in voltage inside and outside of the cell
- 11. Oldest part of the brain;coordinates basic, automatic and vital tasks
- 12. Functional junction or point of close contact between two neurons or between an effector cell
- 13. region of the forebrain that receives and processes sensory information and relays it to the cerebrum