"Central Nervous System Crossword 1": HTML5 Crossword

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4. three membrane layers that surround the brain and spinal cord (8)
6. type of central nervous tissue containing mostly myelinated axons (5,6)
8. the outermost layer of meninges (4,5)
9. a space in the innermost brain composed of ventricles that contains CSF (7,6)
12. a division of the central nervous system located in the cranial cavity of the skull (5)
14. a subdivision of the brain that includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and pineal gland (12)
15. a subdivision of the cerebrum located on the left side of the body (4,10)
16. a subdivision of the brain that fine-tunes complex motor functions such as walking and talking (10)
17. a region between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater (12,5)
18. a division of the central nervous system located in a cavity created by vertebrae (6,4)
19. type of central nervous tissue with cell bodies and unmyelinated axons (4,6)

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1. a region above the dura mater of the spinal cord where anesthesia is commonly delivered for childbirth (8,5)
2. a condition where the meninges are inflamed/infected (10)
3. a subdivision of the brain that includes the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata (5,4)
5. a space in the innermost spinal cord that contains CSF (7,5)
7. a subdivision of the brain that includes the personality, visual cortex, auditory cortex, motor cortex, and somatosensory cortex (8)
9. a region that connects the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum (6,8)
10. the deepest layer of meninges (3,5)
11. the intermediate layer of meninges (9,5)
13. a subdivision of the cerebrum located on the right side of the body (5,10)