Nervous System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

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n n
A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
2.
n s
Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural)
3.
b
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
4.
s c r
A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to
5.
d n t
6.
a
Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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c e
Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres
8.
c e b o
9.
c r e
A major division of the vertebrate brain
10.
m n
11.
s e
A general conscious awareness (plural)
12.
r e
An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
13.
s o
14.
a o o
15.
s e
The junction between two neurons or between a neuron and a muscle
16.
n e
Center of an atom or a cell
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h e i
18.
p a a
19.
a h
20.
s o
The act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
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e p
A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
22.
t e
23.
p a s
English surgeon (plural)
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v i