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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers (5)
  2. 4. The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (plural) (6)
  3. 6. A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to (10)
  4. 8. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles (plural) (9)
  5. 10. Medicines or harmful substances people take (5)
  6. 11. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  2. 2. Tough elastic tissue (9)
  3. 5. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural) (6)
  4. 7. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (plural) (7)
  5. 9. An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus (6)