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Use the pronunciation hint of each word to find the word spelled corrected in the word search.

hypothalamus	dendrites	sensory nerves	spinal cord
cerebrum	brayn	theta waves	cranium
alpha waves	neuron	motor nerves	bakbohn
delta waves	neurilemma	cell body	e.m. sleep
myelin sheath	glial cells	stihmyuhluhs	colliculi
cerebellum	nookleeuhs	rihspons	thaluhmuhs
synapse	ihmpuhls	eeg	akson

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Nervous System
Fill all the correctly spelled words into this puzzle.

HYPOTHALAMUS	HPOTHALAMUS	MYELINSHEATH	MYELISHAETH
NERVESIGNALS	NERVISIGNALS	CEREBRALCORTEX	CERREBRALCORTEX
NERVEFIBERS	NERVEFIBER	MOTORNERVES	MOTORNERVESS
CEREBELLUM	CIREBELLUM	CEREBRUM	CEREBRUMM
STIMULUS	SIMULUS	CELL BODY	NEURILEMM
NURILEMMA	DALTE WAVES	DELTA WAVIS	NOOKLEUHS
NUCLUESS	CRANUI	CRENIUM

 

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Nervous System

1.   Write a sentence using the word axon.

2.   Write a sentence using the word peripheral nerves.

3.   Write a sentence using the word nucleus.

4.   Write a paragraph or short story using the words stimulus, theta waves, brain waves, response, and autonomic nervous system.

 

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Use the following list of letters:
    ,     ,     ,    .,    E,    G,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    a,    b,    b,    b,    c,    c,    c,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    e,    i,    i,    l,    l,    l,    l,    l,    l,    l,    m,    m,    m,    n,    n,    o,    o,    p,    r,    r,    r,    s,    s,    s,    s,    s,    t,    u,    u,    u,    v,    w,    x,    y

1.   E ____ M. sl ____ ep	2.   electroenc ____ phalogr ____ ph	3.   backb ____  ____ e
4.    ____ eta ____ waves	5.    ____ r ____ nial nerves	6.    ____ e ____ ron
7.   s ____ naps ____	8.   b ____  ____ in	9.   d ____ nd ____ ites
10.   delta  ____ a ____ es	11.    ____ E ____	12.   n ____ rve ____ signals
13.   th ____ lam ____ s	14.   myelin  ____ hea ____ h	15.   glia ____  c ____ lls
16.   cereb ____ llu ____	17.   cel ____   ____ ody	18.    ____  ____ pulse
19.    ____ otor nerv ____ s	20.   nerve f ____ ber ____	21.    ____ r ____ nium
22.   c ____ rebr ____ m	23.    ____ o ____ liculi	24.   central nervous ____ sy ____ tem
25.   alpha w ____ ve ____	26.   hypotha ____  ____ mus	27.   cere ____ ral corte ____
28.   medulla  ____ b ____ ongata	29.   neuri ____  ____ mma	30.   respon ____  ____
31.   peri ____ heral ne ____ ves	32.   nuc ____  ____ us

 

Answer Key

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1. .e (E.M. sleep)
2. ae (electroencephalograph)
3. no (backbone)
4. b (beta waves)
5. ac (cranial nerves)
6. un (neuron)
7. ey (synapse)
8. ra (brain)
9. re (dendrites)
10. wv (delta waves)
11. GE (EEG)
12. e (nerve signals)
13. ua (thalamus)
14. ts (myelin sheath)
15. el (glial cells)
16. em (cerebellum)
17. bl (cell body)
18. im (impulse)
19. me (motor nerves)
20. si (nerve fibers)
21. ca (cranium)
22. ue (cerebrum)
23. lc (colliculi)
24. s (central nervous system)
25. as (alpha waves)
26. la (hypothalamus)
27. bx (cerebral cortex)
28. ol (medulla oblongata)
29. le (neurilemma)
30. es (response)
31. rp (peripheral nerves)
32. le (nucleus)

 

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