Across
- 4. / a genetic nervous system disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly and treatments could include psychotherapy
- 7. / consists of the nerves that extend between the CNS and the structure in which they terminate
- 9. / cell of a nerve tissue characterized by its specialization to conduct impulses
- 12. / a long process of a neuron that carries a nerve impulse away from the cell
- 13. / (efferent) carries impulses away from the CNS
- 14. / a genetic nervous system disorder that is a progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain
Down
- 1. / not under conscious control and innervates glands, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle
- 2. / bundle of nerve fibers and associated tissue which is enclosed in the spine and connects nearly all parts of the body to the brain
- 3. / consists of the brain and spinal cord
- 5. / an organ of the nervous system composed of a bundle of neuron axons invested and surrounded by connective tissue and blood vessels
- 6. / control center of the nervous system
- 8. / (afferent) carries the impulses to the CNS
- 10. / under conscious control and stimulates skeletal muscle
- 11. / a molecule that transmits or inhibits the transmission of a nerve impulse from one neuron to another across a synapse
- 15. / the junction between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron