SpellBuzz - Nervous System

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 3. The body's communication and control system that helps us think, feel, move, and respond to our surroundings.
  2. 4. The way the brain, nerves, and muscles work together to help the body move smoothly and respond correctly.
  3. 5. A special nerve cell that carries messages throughout the nervous system.
  4. 6. Tiny pathways made of nerve fibres that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord.
  5. 8. The part of the brain that connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls automatic functions such as breathing, heartbeat, and digestion.
  6. 10. The part of the brain that helps with balance, posture, and coordination of movements.
  7. 12. An action you choose to do, such as writing, walking, or waving your hand.
  8. 13. The largest part of the brain that controls thinking, learning, memory, emotions, senses, and voluntary movements.
  9. 14. The control centre of the body that receives information, processes it, and sends messages to different body parts.
  10. 15. A quick, automatic response to a stimulus that helps protect the body, such as pulling your hand away from a hot object.
Down
  1. 1. The action or reaction your body makes after receiving a stimulus.
  2. 2. An action your body does automatically without you thinking about it, such as blinking, breathing, or your heartbeat.
  3. 7. Something that causes your body to react, such as light, sound, touch, heat, or smell.
  4. 9. A long bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
  5. 11. An electrical message that travels through neurons between the brain, spinal cord, and the rest of the body.