Health Terms
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
a
i
g
Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
2.
g
r
s
Any of the terminal members of the hand (plural)
3.
t
n
A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
4.
i
t
A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
5.
h
a
The extremity of the superior limb
6.
n
n
s
A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (plural)
7.
i
c
p
Any skeletal muscle having two origins
8.
a
i
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
9.
t
i
The part of the leg between the hip and the knee
10.
r
i
e
Any skeletal muscle having three origins
11.
d
u
n
c
The power to withstand hardship or stress
13.
b
o
A sharp bend in a road or river
14.
c
e
r
b
m
A major division of the vertebrate brain
16.
r
b
u
m
Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres
17.
n
e
r
v
u
s
The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
19.
p
i
n
l
d
A major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to
20.
r
s
Support resembling the rib of an animal (plural)
21.
e
l
a
A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint