Nervous System

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Across
  1. 1. receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body
  2. 3. damages brain cells, causing memory loss, confusion, difficulty thinking, and changes in behavior. It progressively affects cognitive function, impairing daily tasks and eventually leading to loss of independence.
  3. 6. To detect flavors, helping us enjoy food and avoid harmful substances.
  4. 9. Polio, menigitis, Tumors, Brain or spinal cord tumor
  5. 11. Stroke, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome
  6. 13. initiates and coordinates movement and regulates temperature
  7. 14. controls breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, swallowing, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting
  8. 16. Muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis
  9. 17. the ability to detect light and color, helping us navigate and understand the environment.
  10. 19. Allowing you to control your movements
  11. 20. Trauma, such as car accidents, falls, or sports injuries
  12. 21. Sensory neurons send information from the body to the brain for processing, while motor neurons carry instructions from the brain to muscles or glands for action.
  13. 22. To detect dangers, enhance our sense of taste, communicate with others, and trigger memories
Down
  1. 2. When the electrical signal reaches the end of a neuron, it triggers the release of neurotransmitters across synapses, passing the message to the next neuron.
  2. 4. a progressive neurological disorder that primarily affects the brain's ability to control movement, resulting in symptoms like tremors, stiffness, and slow movements, due to the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells
  3. 5. Maintaining coordination, balance, and motor control
  4. 7. Allows signals to pass between cells
  5. 8. The ability to detect sound, allowing communication and awareness of surroundings
  6. 10. there is a loss of muscle function, resulting in an inability to move or feel certain parts of the body
  7. 12. carry electrical impulses between your brain and the rest of your body
  8. 15. To feel pressure, temperature, and texture, helping with interaction and safety.
  9. 18. Neurons send electrical signals along their axons, rapidly transmitting messages to and from the brain.