Nervous System
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
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Of or relating to the ___ system
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Tiniest unit of living things
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Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural)
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Tiniest unit of living things (plural)
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A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
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A sharp rigid animal process or appendage
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An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
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Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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The part of the ___ continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons
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Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei
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A major division of the vertebrate brain
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Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres