Across
- 1. / is responsible for chewing, tasting, saliva production, and is a backup breather
- 4. / motor, nerves carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
- 9. / is responsible for muscle coordination, balance, posture, and muscle tone
- 10. / carries impulses in the right direction
- 11. cord / is a relay station for sensory and motor messages from the brain to the body and back
- 12. / between the cerebrum and the midbrain; contains the thalmus and the hypothalmus
- 13. / nerve cell that is the basic structural unit of the nervous system
- 16. / the largest and highest section of the brain
- 17. nervous system / contains the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, which work together to control involuntary body functions
- 19. / is responsible for conducting impulses between brain parts and for certain eye and auditory reflexes
Down
- 1. nervous system / consists of the nerves and has two divisions: the somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
- 2. fluid / a clear, colorless substance found in the ventricles
- 3. oblongata / responsible for regulating heartbeat, respirations, swallowing, coughing, and BP
- 5. lateral sclerosis / a chronic, degenerative neuromuscular disease
- 6. / sensory, nerves carry messages from all parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord
- 7. accident / occurs when the brain is impaired, resulting in a lack of oxygen and a destruction of brain tissue
- 8. / carries the impulses towards the cell body
- 14. nervous system / carries messages between the CNS and the body
- 15. / a single nerve fiber which carries the impulse away from the cell body
- 18. nervous system / consists of the brain and spinal cord