The Body
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
b
i
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
2.
n
o
s
y
s
m
The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
3.
i
e
Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of
5.
l
e
t
n
The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal
6.
o
d
u
c
t
n
The process of generating offspring
7.
e
l
t
l
Of or relating to or forming or attached to a ___
11.
r
p
t
r
y
Pertaining to ___
13.
e
l
Tiniest unit of living things (plural)
15.
i
d
y
Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them
16.
s
t
c
The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
17.
o
d
The entire physical structure of an organism
18.
s
l
The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
19.
l
s
Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural)
20.
t
s
The sensation that results when ___ buds in the tongue and throat convey information about
21.
b
o
Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart
22.
h
a
Organ that pumps blood around the body
23.
e
r
To perceive via the auditory sense