Across
- 2. abbreviation of the other major part of the nervous system
- 5. ______ neuron: what tells your body to move and react to the stimuli
- 6. the beginning of the reflex arc
- 8. the body part that causes you to react (for example, muscles)
- 10. towards central nervous system
- 11. abbreviation of one of two major parts of the nervous system: includes the brain and spinal cord
- 12. ______ neuron: neurons that are activated by the environment
- 13. _______ response: the skeletal muscle of your body reacting to something (e.g. blinking)
Down
- 1. _____ response when your internal organs react to something (this usually goes unnoticed by you)
- 3. How you actually react to the stimuli, not what causes you to react
- 4. towards the peripheral nervous system
- 6. the reaction you have to a stimulus
- 7. ______ neuron: a neuron that's part of the reflex arc, found in the spinal cord
- 9. the pathway that causes reflexes
- 12. something that sparks a reaction
- 14. without meaning to