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2. flexible column of vertebrae that protects the 1. main part of the nerve cell (2 words)
spinal cord 3. controls eye muscles and adjusts ears to sound
5. a phase of sleep during which dreams occur 4. the thinking brain
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and the eyes make rapid movements under the 12. brain and spinal cord (3 words)
closed eyelids
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14. message a nerve11cell fires off due to a
6. central organ of the nervous system stimulus
7. the12long, threadlike part of a neutron that 15. tiny pulses of electricity that move along a
transmits impulses away from the cell body nerve fiber (2 words)
8. nerves that carry messages from the brain to the 16. nerves that spread to all parts of the body and
muscles resulting in actions (2 words) are linked to the brain and spinal cord (2
9. part of the brain that coordinates movements words)
and balance 13
18. wrinkled
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part of the cerebrum made up of 10
10. 12 pairs of peripheral nerves that branch out to 14 billion neurons (2 words)
from
15 the brain (2 words) 19. two halves of the cerebrum
11. gap between two neurons in a nerve pathway;
junctions where two nerve cells almost touch
13. axons and dendrites (2 words)
17. control center of a cell
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