This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Human Body Systems has 20 clues. Answers range from 5 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Nerve fibers that carry information to the CNS, aka sensory.
Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the CNS, aka motor.
Voluntary nervous system
Involuntary nervous system
Support cells in the CNS are grouped together as ___?
Forms blood brain barrier and are abundant, star-shaped support cells.
Spiderlike phagocytes that dispose of debris.
Support cells that circulate cerebrospinal fluid.
Support cells that produce myelin sheaths in the CNS.
Support cells that protect the neuron cell body.
Support cells that form myelin sheaths in the PNS.
Part of the neuron that conducts impulses toward the cell body.
Part of the neuron that conducts impulses away from the cell body.
The gap between adjacent neurons.
White, fatty material covering the axons that increases transmission rate of impulses.
Gaps in the myelin sheath along the axon (PNS only).
Cutaneus sens organs that detect stretch or tension in tendons, ligaments, or muscles.
Rapid, predictable, and involuntary response to a stimulus.
Association neurons that are found in the CNS.
Ability to transmit an impulse