Across
- 3. Regulates involuntary actions like breathing and heart rate
- 7. Neurodegenerative disease that affects brain memory and language
- 9. Clumps of amyloid proteins that block electrical signals
- 10. Cytoplasmic extension that takes in electrical signals
- 11. Peripheral nervous system processes that run automatically
- 13. Neck section of the spinal cord with 8 nerve pairs
- 14. Nerve cell made up of a cell body, dendrites, and an axon
Down
- 1. Cytoplasmic extension that transmits electrical signals
- 2. Small half circle shaped back part of brain that maintains balance and posture
- 4. Upper back section of the spinal cord extending across chest and abdomen
- 5. Peripheral nervous system functions managed via conscious thought
- 6. Tau proteins that twist together inside neurons
- 8. Lower back section of the spinal cord with nerves for legs and feet
- 12. Largest part of the brain that interprets senses and regulates conscious actions