Venetia: Nervous system

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Across
  1. 3. chemical released across a synapse to allow an impulse to be triggered in the next neurone
  2. 5. part of the neurone that receives an electrical impulse
  3. 6. body part of the neurone where the nucleus is found
  4. 7. type of neutron found in the CNS
  5. 11. part of the neurone that delivers the electrical impulse (either to another neurone or an effector)
  6. 13. insulating material along the axon (long stem) of a neurone that increases the speed at which the electrical impulse can travel
  7. 14. gap between neurones
  8. 15. type of neurone that carries an impulse from the CNS to the effector
Down
  1. 1. alternative type of effector that secretes a hormone
  2. 2. a type of response that does not use the conscious part of the brain
  3. 4. comprises the brain and spinal cord
  4. 8. most common type of effector
  5. 9. type of neurone that carries an impulse from the receptor to the CNS
  6. 10. cell that detects a stimulus
  7. 12. something that triggers a nervous response