Health and Thinking
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
s
n
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
2.
b
o
Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural)
4.
a
d
That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions
6.
e
v
i
The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs
7.
a
r
e
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
8.
l
e
r
A distensible membranous sac
9.
r
t
i
g
Tough elastic tissue
10.
n
e
s
Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural)
11.
b
a
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
12.
e
n
A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
13.
v
e
Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of
14.
n
e
A sharp rigid animal process or appendage
15.
p
e
e
A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm
16.
j
t
The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton
17.
f
b
l
The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
18.
o
r
A body part made of tissues working together to perform a function.
19.
t
s
u
Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function