Health
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. stomach
A. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
2. medicine
B. A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages
3. fingers
C. Person who cares for patients in a hospital
4. cough
D. Something or someone that causes anxiety
5. knee
E. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract
6. toothache
F. Any of the terminal members of the hand (plural)
7. throat
G. Person who treats sick people
8. fever
H. A person who requires medical care
9. nose
I. A rise in the temperature of the body
10. cold
J. A share of the profits
11. doctor
K. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness
12. headache
L. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front
13. patient
M. An ache localized in or around a ___
14. flu
N. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a ___ school and that is
15. nurse
O. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
16. cut
P. The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's ___