Anatomy & Physiology - Nervous and Endocrine Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: brain stem : part of the brain that controls involuntary actions; breathing, digestion, and blood pressure, synapse : space that separates the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of the neighboring neuron, nerve : bundle of fibers running to organs and tissues of body, thyroid : gland needs iodine to function; responsible for metabolism, dendrite : short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron, diabetes : disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal, neuron : a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses, cerebellum : controls balance and coordination, "little brain", hormones : made by endocrine glands, chemical messengers that travel in the bloodstream to tissues or organs, glands : produce/secrete hormones that the body uses for a wide range of functions, main organ of endocrine system, endocrine : system affects growth & can cause hormonal breakouts, pituitary : gland that controls all other glands, impulse : message that a neuron carries, insulin : a protein pancreatic hormone involved regulation of glucose levels in the blood, motor neuron : type of neuron that sends out impulses to the muscles resulting in a response to stimuli, nervous : system controls & coordinates all bodily functions, paralysis : loss of movement or feeling due to damaged spinal cord, cerebrum : the largest part of the brain that controls thinking, communicating and learning, estrogen : group of steroid compounds that are the primary female sex hormones, stimulus : any change or signal in the internal or external environment that can make an organism react