nervous system

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Across
  1. 4. controls vital involuntary functions like heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion also maintaining
  2. 5. the fundamental units of the nervous system, specialized to transmit signals using electrical and chemical impulses
  3. 7. a clear liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord
  4. 9. the two lower, powerful pumping chambers of the heart
  5. 11. the network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord
  6. 14. bundle of nerve tissue, protected by vertebrae
  7. 17. roviding mechanical protection, acting as a shock absorber,
  8. 18. acts as the brain's central relay station, processing
  9. 19. main control, where you think, cranium
  10. 20. acts as a crucial relay center, bridging signals between the cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord controls functions like
  11. 22. responsible for coordinating actions and
Down
  1. 1. crucial part of the hindbrain in the back of
  2. 2. small, vital brain region beneath the thalamus
  3. 3. controls vital functions like hunger, thirst, and body temperature
  4. 6. controls voluntary movements, like walking or talking, nervous system
  5. 8. the body's command center
  6. 10. control,managing,heart rate, breathing
  7. 12. preparing your body for stress, danger, or intense activity by increasing heart rate, blood pressure, and alertness while slowing digestion and redirecting blood to muscles and the brain
  8. 13. a small but crucial part of the brainstem connecting the forebrain and hindbrain
  9. 15. biggest part of the brain
  10. 16. he body's "rest and digest",nervous system that calms the body and conserves energy
  11. 21. transmit electrochemical signals between the brain, spinal cord, and the rest of the body