Nervous System Crossword
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1) involuntary response to a stimulus, that is, an automatic action stimulated by a specific change of some kind3) 31 pairs: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 small coccygeal pair4) 12 pairs of nerves that emerge from the brain5) learned motorskills that require a sequence of movements (we forget having learned it)6) dominates in relaxed (non-stress) situations to promote normal functioning of organs7) contain the motor areas for voluntary movement & the motor speech area8) gray matter on surface of cerebral hemisphere; includes motor, sensory, visual, taste, olfactory, speech, and association areas9) chemical realeged by axon of neurons, which crosses a synapse & affects the electrical activity of the potsynaptic membrane11) small gap or space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of the next neuron |
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2) a groove or furrow between parts of an organ such as the brain10) part of PNS that consists of visceral motor neurons to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands12) (horse tail) the lumbar & sacral spinal nerves that hang below the end of the spinal cord, before they exit the vertebral column13) is released into the synapse by the arrival of an electrical nerve impulse14) between archnoid & pia motor; it contains cerebrospinal fluid15) (fight or flight) dominates during stressful situations such as anger, fear, anxiety, exercise.. |
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