Across
- 3. Nervous System, the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions
- 4. a part of the brain that covers the brains central core, responsible for sensory and motor thinking and language
- 5. cord, nerves that run up and down the length of the back and transmit most messages between the body and the brain
- 7. chemical substances that carry messages through the body in the blood
- 9. a part of the brain located at the rear base of the skull that is involved in the basic processes of life.
- 11. Nervous System, the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the voluntary movement of skeletal muscles
- 12. the different regions into which the cerebral cortex is divided
- 14. paste your list of words here System, a chemical communication system using hormones by which messages are sent through the bloodstream.
- 15. the gap that exists between individual nerve cells
Down
- 1. the chemicals released by neurons that determine the rate at which other neurons fire
- 2. a small part of the brain above the pons that arouses the brain, integrates sensory information and relays it upwards.
- 6. Nervous System, nerves branching beyond the spinal cord into the body
- 8. Gland, the center of control of the endocrine system that secretes a large number of hormones
- 10. the long, thin cells of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain
- 13. Nervous System, the brain and the spinal cord