Nervous System Theme Unit
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CRANIALNERVES
PERIPHERALNERVES
CENTRALNERVOUSSYSTEM
CEREBRALCORTEX
NERVEFIBERS
NERVESIGNALS
MOTORNERVES
HEMISPHERES
CEREBELLUM
RESPONSE
E.M.SLEEP
CEREBRUM
SYNAPSE
NUCLEUS
BACKBONE
CELLBODY
COLLICULI
AXON
BRAIN

 

CRANIALNERVES
PERIPHERALNERVES
CENTRALNERVOUSSYSTEM
CEREBRALCORTEX
NERVEFIBERS
NERVESIGNALS
MOTORNERVES
HEMISPHERES
CEREBELLUM
RESPONSE
E.M.SLEEP
CEREBRUM
SYNAPSE
NUCLEUS
BACKBONE
CELLBODY
COLLICULI
AXON
BRAIN

Down
2.  flexible column of vertebrae that protects the spinal cord
5.  a phase of sleep during which dreams occur and the eyes make rapid movements under the closed eyelids (2 words)
6.  central organ of the nervous system
7.  the long, threadlike part of a neutron that transmits impulses away from the cell body
8.  nerves that carry messages from the brain to the muscles resulting in actions (2 words)
9.  part of the brain that coordinates movements and balance
10.  12 pairs of peripheral nerves that branch out from the brain (2 words)
11.  gap between two neurons in a nerve pathway; junctions where two nerve cells almost touch
13.  axons and dendrites (2 words)
17.  control center of a cell
Across
1.  main part of the nerve cell (2 words)
3.  controls eye muscles and adjusts ears to sound
4.  the thinking brain
12.  brain and spinal cord (3 words)
14.  message a nerve cell fires off due to a stimulus
15.  tiny pulses of electricity that move along a nerve fiber (2 words)
16.  nerves that spread to all parts of the body and are linked to the brain and spinal cord (2 words)
18.  wrinkled part of the cerebrum made up of 10 to 14 billion neurons (2 words)
19.  two halves of the cerebrum

 

Answer Key
1C
ELL
2B
ODY
A
3C
OLLICULI
4C
5E
REBRUM
K.
6B
B
7A
M
8M
9C
RO
10C
X.
11S
O
12C
ENTRALNERVOUSSYSTEM
RIEANLNO
ENNEAR
B
13N
I
14R
ESPONSE
15N
ERVESIGNALSPSE
LRLER
LVNV
U
16P
ERIPHERAL
17N
ERVES
MFRUS
IVC
B
18C
EREBRALCORTEX
ESE
RU
19H
EMISPHERESS