Nervous System Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: cerebellum : the part of the brain that coordinates the actions of the muscles and helps maintain balance, reflex : an automatic response that occurs very rapidly and without conscious control, central nervous system : the brain and the spinal cord; the control center of the body, brain stem : the part of the brain that controls many body functions that occur automatically, dendrite : a threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body, neuron : a cell that carries messages through the nervous system, nerve impulse : a message carried by a neuron, brain : the part of the central nervous system that is located in the skull and that controls most functions in the body, cerebrum : the part of the brain that interprets input from the senses, controls the movement of skeletal muscles, and carries out complex mental processes, motor neuron : a neuron that sends an impulse to a muscle, causing the muscle to contract, spinal cord : the thick column of nerve tissue that is enclosed by the vertebrae and that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system, sensory neuron : a neuron that picks up stimuli from the internal or external environment and converts each stimulus into a nerve impulse, inter neuron : a neuron that carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another, axon : a threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the body, synapse : the tiny space between the tip of an axon and the next structure