Lesson 6.1 Crossword
Across
1. | branch of the nervous system that stimulates the skeletal muscles |
5. | motor transmitters that carry impulses from the central nervous system out to the muscles and glands |
6. | the thin, membranous sheath enveloping a nerve fiber |
7. | part of an axon that contains a nucleus |
9. | sensory transmitters that send impulses from receptors in the skin, muscles, and joints to the central nervous system |
10. | the uninsulated gaps in the myelin sheath of a nerve fiber where the axon is exposed |
11. | the brain and spinal cord. |
12. | branch of the nervous system that controls involuntary body functions |
Down
2. | the fatty bands of insulation surrounding axon fibers |
3. | the intersection between a neuron and another neuron, a muscle, a gland, or a sensory receptor |
4. | non-neural tissue that forms the interstitial or supporting elements of the CNS; also known as glial cells |
8. | branches of a neuron that collect stimuli and transport them to the cell body |