Nervous System Crossword
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1) dominates in relaxed (non-stress) situations to promote normal functioning of organs3) a groove or furrow between parts of an organ such as the brain5) part of PNS that consists of visceral motor neurons to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands6) contain the motor areas for voluntary movement & the motor speech area11) (horse tail) the lumbar & sacral spinal nerves that hang below the end of the spinal cord, before they exit the vertebral column |
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2) between archnoid & pia motor; it contains cerebrospinal fluid4) small gap or space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of the next neuron7) involuntary response to a stimulus, that is, an automatic action stimulated by a specific change of some kind8) learned motorskills that require a sequence of movements (we forget having learned it)9) 31 pairs: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 small coccygeal pair10) (fight or flight) dominates during stressful situations such as anger, fear, anxiety, exercise..12) chemical realeged by axon of neurons, which crosses a synapse & affects the electrical activity of the potsynaptic membrane13) is released into the synapse by the arrival of an electrical nerve impulse14) 12 pairs of nerves that emerge from the brain15) gray matter on surface of cerebral hemisphere; includes motor, sensory, visual, taste, olfactory, speech, and association areas |
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