Across
- 4. electrical impulses (action potentials) away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands
- 5. the central part of a neuron containing the nucleus and organelles
- 7. the measure of times you breathe in a minute
- 10. your largest organ
- 12. the crucial junction where a nerve cell (neuron) communicates with another cell
- 13. a short branched extension of a nerve cell
- 14. when your body heats upon to kill off disease
- 15. a bacteria found in dirty water
Down
- 1. the measure of the times your heart beats
- 2. the force of blood pushing against artery walls as the heart pumps
- 3. The "brain" of a cell
- 6. an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates,
- 8. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object,
- 9. acts like electrical insulation
- 11. a nerve cell that sends signals or transmits nerve impulses