Nervous System

1. ___ Nervous System, consisting of brain and spinal cord
4. Neurons that carry information to the CNS
7. "rest and digest" subset of autonomic nervous system
9. Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
10. Have a specialized organ, sight and hearing
12. Motor neurons that control skeletal muscle movemtn
13. rapid electrical signals that travel undiminished in amplitude (strength) down the axon from the cell body to the axon terminals
14. "fight or flight" subset of autonomic nervous system
15. ___ receptors respond to a change in stimulus intensity but adapt if the strength of the stimulus remains constant
16. detect changes in oxygen, pH, and glucose

2. Neurons that carry information from the CNS to various parts of the body
3. depolarizations or hyperpolarizations whose strength is directly proportional to the strength of the triggering event, lose strength as it moves through the cell
5. Controls autonomic nervous system and regulates anterior pituitary
6. General senses, touch
8. Part of brain responsible for thought and emotion
10. ___ cells, form myelin sheaths in PNS
11. control smooth and cardiac muscles, glands, and some adipose tissue
15. ___ Nervous System, consisting of sensory and efferent neurons