Nervous System Theme Unit
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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
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

EPSENSORY NERVESEUSUELCUNE
MURBERECTSNNSSEVREN ROTOMB
ILUCILLOCEN EIPEELS .M.ECU
RSUMALAHTVOIVDROC LANIPSUE
NYSMMSOEAAHTAEHS NILEYMRUL
SNESMUMGIWCEWRECEREBELLUMM
EAUSELIER CS EBGLNSNOREUNE
TPCCLUEEBARLAHYPOTHALAMUSS
ISUEIMY ATAUHLEBCELL BODYC
DENDRITESENPPBKESNOPSERR E
NXEBUTPNNHIMLCSLLEC LAILGE
ECDEESNNATUIALNEURONUAXONN
DEALNPAWEDMBR DELTA WAVESO
SUREEESUEOET UDSCLLEUMNEAL


 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
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




 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
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.














 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Fill in the missing letters.

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
Page 4
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)



 

Answer Key
Word Search Answer:
  SENSORY NERVES  SUELCUN 
MURBEREC S  SSEVREN ROTOM 
ILUCILLOCEN E PEELS .M.E  
 SUMALAHTV IVDROC LANIPS  
 Y  MS   AHTAEHS NILEYM   
 N  MU G W EWR CEREBELLUM 
 A  EL E  CS  B  N        
 P  LU E ARLAHYPOTHALAMUS 
 S  IM   TAUH  BCELL BODY 
DENDRITESENPP KESNOPSER   
    UT   HIMLCSLLEC LAILG 
    ES   TUIA NEURON AXON 
    N     MB  DELTA WAVES 
                          

 

Answer Key
Fill In Puzzle Answer:
1S
TIMULUS
2H
3C
Y
4N
5C
EP
6N
7C
EREBRALCORTEX
RRETR
VEBHV
EBRAE
FEULS
ILMAI
BLMG
EUUN
R
8M
YELINSHEATH
SL
9M
OTORNERVES