Across
- 2. the ability of the body to keep a constant internal environment
- 6. the ability of the eye to adjust its focus by changing the shape of the lens
- 9. the cells that detect colours in the eye
- 11. the focal point of the eye that changes light to an electrical impulse
- 12. the neuron that takes an impulse from the receptor to the CNS
- 13. the route to nerve impulse takes to rapidly respond to a stimulus without thought
- 15. the coloured part on the eye that changes shape to adjust the amount of light coming into the eye
- 16. the neuron in the CNS
- 18. the hormone responsible for breaking down glycogen into glucose
- 20. ligaments the tissue that holds the lens in place
- 22. a response to a water stimulus in plants
- 23. what the body does to cool you down
- 24. the short fibres at the start of a neuron that are part of the synapse
- 26. what the body does to warm you up
- 27. where light enters the eye
- 31. transports an impulse from the eye to the brain
- 32. a cell or tissue that detects a stimulus
- 34. a response to gravitational stimulus in plants
- 36. the store of glucose in the liver
Down
- 1. the process the body goes through to keep homeostasis
- 3. the covering on the axon of a cell
- 4. a pain or pressure sense
- 5. acronym for the central nervous system
- 6. the hormone in plants
- 7. a response to a light stimulus in plants
- 8. a chemical sense
- 10. the main nerve cell body that can be up to 1.5m long
- 14. a muscle or gland that responds to a stimulus
- 16. the cells that detect light quantity in the eye
- 17. the acronym for the peripheral nervous system
- 19. the space between 2 nerve cells
- 21. a tropism towards a stimulus in plants
- 22. a sound sense
- 25. the hormone responsible for storing glucose as glycogen in the liver
- 26. where impulses reach for a reflex action
- 28. the muscle that changes the shape of the lens
- 29. the neuron the takes an impulse from the CNS to an effector
- 30. a tropism away from a stimulus in plants
- 33. a light sense
- 35. a chemical sense
