Across
- 6. Essential, distinguishing tissue of any organ or system.
- 7. Large, interlacing network of nerves
- 9. anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change
- 11. is main center of the brain
- 13. Macroscopic cord-like collection of fibers
- 15. Organ that receives and transmits a stimulus to sensory nerves.
- 16. Part of the brain anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla
Down
- 1. Thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges.
- 2. is the neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells
- 3. is the connective and supporting tissue of an organ
- 4. is the point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
- 5. convolution
- 8. fissure
- 10. Microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell
- 12. Portion of the brain beneath the thalamus
- 14. Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord