Health
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. nervous
A. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
2. skin
B. A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
3. muscle
C. One of the contractile organs of the body
4. endocrine
D. The part of the ___ continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons
5. brain stem
E. The secretion of an ___ gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has
6. neurons
F. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
7. brain
G. A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses (plural)
8. reflex
H. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has (plural)
9. epilepsy
I. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
10. hormones
J. An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus