cells Crossword Puzzles

cells 2020-12-15

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. impulses
  2. calcium
  3. system,
  4. system,
  5. organisms,
Down
  1. system,
  2. system
  3. organisms,
  4. pumps
  5. vessles
  6. systems

11 Clues: pumps • system • system, • calcium • system, • system, • vessles • systems • impulses • organisms, • organisms,

CELLS 2020-08-16

CELLS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. IT is a thick solution that fills each cell
  2. - PLASMA MEMBRANE
  3. GROUP OF ORGANS
Down
  1. A GREEN plastid
  2. CONTROL CENTER OF CELL
  3. A is a structural layer surrounding some types of cells, just outside the cell membrane.
  4. GROUP OF TISSUE
  5. GROUP OF CELLS

8 Clues: GROUP OF CELLS • A GREEN plastid • GROUP OF ORGANS • GROUP OF TISSUE • - PLASMA MEMBRANE • CONTROL CENTER OF CELL • IT is a thick solution that fills each cell • A is a structural layer surrounding some types of cells, just outside the cell membrane.

CELLS 2020-08-16

CELLS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. IT is a thick solution that fills each cell
  2. PLASMA MEMBRANE
  3. GROUP OF ORGANS
Down
  1. A GREEN plastid
  2. CONTROL CENTER OF CELL
  3. A is a structural layer surrounding some types of cells, just outside the cell membrane.
  4. GROUP OF TISSUE
  5. GROUP OF CELLS

8 Clues: GROUP OF CELLS • A GREEN plastid • PLASMA MEMBRANE • GROUP OF ORGANS • GROUP OF TISSUE • CONTROL CENTER OF CELL • IT is a thick solution that fills each cell • A is a structural layer surrounding some types of cells, just outside the cell membrane.

cells 2021-10-22

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. in plant and animal cells(not bacteria!)
  2. energy for the cell is produced
  3. i am a one celled organism
  4. im not multicellular but i have the same functions
  5. produces food trough photosynthesis in plants
Down
  1. i control whats goes in and out of the cell
  2. im how much cells are in a animal and plant
  3. in plant cells

8 Clues: in plant cells • i am a one celled organism • energy for the cell is produced • in plant and animal cells(not bacteria!) • i control whats goes in and out of the cell • im how much cells are in a animal and plant • produces food trough photosynthesis in plants • im not multicellular but i have the same functions

Cells 2021-09-16

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fills in a cell
  2. cellulose structure
  3. site of protein synthesis
  4. contains chromosomes
Down
  1. stores food and water
  2. regulates access to the cell
  3. assists in photosynthesis
  4. generates power for the cell

8 Clues: fills in a cell • cellulose structure • contains chromosomes • stores food and water • assists in photosynthesis • site of protein synthesis • regulates access to the cell • generates power for the cell

Cells 2022-01-19

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. To make more organisms of their own kind
  2. a group of parts that work together
  3. The smallest part of a living thing
  4. Materials an organism cannot use
  5. The materials an organism needs
Down
  1. A living thing
  2. organism made up of more than one cell
  3. organism Made up of only one cell

8 Clues: A living thing • The materials an organism needs • Materials an organism cannot use • organism Made up of only one cell • a group of parts that work together • The smallest part of a living thing • organism made up of more than one cell • To make more organisms of their own kind

cells 2021-09-14

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. carried out by chloroplasts
  2. stores waste
  3. makes sure the plant isn't deflated
  4. provides energy
  5. protects the plant cell
Down
  1. provide proteins
  2. controls cell
  3. organs of cells

8 Clues: stores waste • controls cell • organs of cells • provides energy • provide proteins • protects the plant cell • carried out by chloroplasts • makes sure the plant isn't deflated

Cells 2018-05-27

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. protein synthesis happens here
  2. wall strengthens the cell
  3. most energy is released by respiration here
  4. contain chlorophyll, which absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
  5. contains genetic material, which controls the activities of the cell
Down
  1. vacuole filled with cell sap to help keep the cell turgid
  2. controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell
  3. most chemical processes take place here, controlled by enzymes

8 Clues: wall strengthens the cell • protein synthesis happens here • most energy is released by respiration here • vacuole filled with cell sap to help keep the cell turgid • controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell • most chemical processes take place here, controlled by enzymes • contain chlorophyll, which absorbs light energy for photosynthesis • ...

Cells 2016-05-23

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organelles that carry genes which control the character of the cell.
  2. The part that stores water in the plant cell.
  3. These organelles that store colour pigments to give colour to plants, leaves and fruits.
  4. Organelles found in plant that use sunlight to produce energy and food.
  5. Cells that lack a well defined nucleus surrounded by the nuclear membrane.
Down
  1. Cells that do not have a well defined nucleus.
  2. Colourless organelle that store food in the form of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
  3. This is called the power-house of the cell.

8 Clues: This is called the power-house of the cell. • The part that stores water in the plant cell. • Cells that do not have a well defined nucleus. • Organelles that carry genes which control the character of the cell. • Organelles found in plant that use sunlight to produce energy and food. • Cells that lack a well defined nucleus surrounded by the nuclear membrane. • ...

cells 2016-05-25

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. functional and structural unit of an organism .
  2. cells that lack a well defined nucleus.
  3. kitchen of the cell.
  4. hereditary material .
  5. chloroplast and chromoplasts are examples of.
Down
  1. cells that have a well defined nucleus.
  2. power house of the cell.
  3. brain of the cell.

8 Clues: brain of the cell. • kitchen of the cell. • hereditary material . • power house of the cell. • cells that have a well defined nucleus. • cells that lack a well defined nucleus. • chloroplast and chromoplasts are examples of. • functional and structural unit of an organism .

Cells 2019-09-25

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Loss of mass and function
  2. The part of a cell or tissue that faces an open space
  3. Tissue repair in which damaged cells are replaced by the same type of cells
  4. Tissue repair made from scar tissue
Down
  1. Widening of blood vessels
  2. Movement by choice
  3. A less active form of a fibroblast
  4. Group of cells that are similar in form and perform related functions

8 Clues: Movement by choice • Widening of blood vessels • Loss of mass and function • A less active form of a fibroblast • Tissue repair made from scar tissue • The part of a cell or tissue that faces an open space • Group of cells that are similar in form and perform related functions • Tissue repair in which damaged cells are replaced by the same type of cells

Cells 2013-07-08

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What controls a cell?
  2. What surrounds the cell?
  3. What is the method cells use to multiply?
Down
  1. What is inside the nucleus?
  2. What consistency does cytoplasm have?
  3. What protects the cell?
  4. What is the biggest organelle in the cell?
  5. What do cells normally create?

8 Clues: What controls a cell? • What protects the cell? • What surrounds the cell? • What is inside the nucleus? • What do cells normally create? • What consistency does cytoplasm have? • What is the method cells use to multiply? • What is the biggest organelle in the cell?

Cells 2013-07-21

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. traps light energy
  2. large and filled with sap
  3. contain several small vacuoles
  4. energy capsule that contain glucose and oxygen
Down
  1. control room of the cell
  2. supports the plant
  3. lines inner cell wall
  4. Chemical factory of the cell

8 Clues: supports the plant • traps light energy • lines inner cell wall • control room of the cell • large and filled with sap • Chemical factory of the cell • contain several small vacuoles • energy capsule that contain glucose and oxygen

CELLS 2013-10-08

CELLS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. THIN COVERING AROUND A CELL
  2. CHANGE FOOD INTO ENERGY
  3. HAS TWO ADDITIONAL PARTS THAT ANIMAL CELLS DO NOT
  4. THE CONTROLL CENTER
Down
  1. STORE FOOD, WATER ,OR WASTE
  2. SURRONDED BY THE NUCLEUS
  3. LOCATED INSIDE EACH CELL IS A JELLY LIKE LIQID
  4. GREEN SUBSTANCE

8 Clues: GREEN SUBSTANCE • THE CONTROLL CENTER • CHANGE FOOD INTO ENERGY • SURRONDED BY THE NUCLEUS • STORE FOOD, WATER ,OR WASTE • THIN COVERING AROUND A CELL • LOCATED INSIDE EACH CELL IS A JELLY LIKE LIQID • HAS TWO ADDITIONAL PARTS THAT ANIMAL CELLS DO NOT

cells 2014-04-24

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large spherical structure found in the center of the cell.
  2. an instrument that magnifies objects, or make them look bigger.
  3. structures in the plant that turn energy from sunlight into food.
  4. the smallest unit of a living thing that can carry out the basic processes of life.
  5. a gel-like substance that supports all of the organelles that carry out the different jobs in the cell.
  6. wall the additional layer around the outside of the cell made of specialized sugar.
Down
  1. organelles in the cell that store water, food, and wastes.
  2. the oval sacs in a cell.
  3. cells that work together to help them perform life processes.
  4. membrane a layer around the outside of the cell.

10 Clues: the oval sacs in a cell. • membrane a layer around the outside of the cell. • organelles in the cell that store water, food, and wastes. • a large spherical structure found in the center of the cell. • cells that work together to help them perform life processes. • an instrument that magnifies objects, or make them look bigger. • ...

cells 2023-11-06

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the orgenelle that stores DNA
  2. unicellular onganisms that live moist areas
  3. when a cell multiplies
  4. organisms with more than one cell
Down
  1. the tail on some unicellular organisms
  2. transformes energy
  3. single cell organisms
  4. the difusion of water

8 Clues: transformes energy • single cell organisms • the difusion of water • when a cell multiplies • the orgenelle that stores DNA • organisms with more than one cell • the tail on some unicellular organisms • unicellular onganisms that live moist areas

cells 2023-12-04

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. CONTROL CENTER OF A CELL
  2. RELEASES ENERGY IN BOTH CELLS
  3. WHERE PHOTOSYNTHEIS HAPPENS
  4. CONTROLS WHAT GETS IN AND OUT
  5. AROUND THE OUT SIND OF A PLANT CELL
Down
  1. STORAGE IN A PLANT CELL
  2. SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE
  3. VACUOLE STORAGE IN A ANIMAL CELL

8 Clues: SMALLEST UNIT OF LIFE • STORAGE IN A PLANT CELL • CONTROL CENTER OF A CELL • WHERE PHOTOSYNTHEIS HAPPENS • RELEASES ENERGY IN BOTH CELLS • CONTROLS WHAT GETS IN AND OUT • VACUOLE STORAGE IN A ANIMAL CELL • AROUND THE OUT SIND OF A PLANT CELL

Cells 2024-03-03

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Its structure is permeable to some substances but not to others. It therefore controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell
  2. contains the green pigment, chlorophyll, which absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
  3. tiny structures where protein synthesis occurs
Down
  1. where most energy is released by respiration
  2. a jelly like substance where many of the chemical reactions happen
  3. Made from cellulose fibres and strengthens the cell and supports the plant
  4. filled with cell sap to help keep the cell turgid
  5. contains genetic material, including DNA, which controls the cell’s activities

8 Clues: where most energy is released by respiration • tiny structures where protein synthesis occurs • filled with cell sap to help keep the cell turgid • a jelly like substance where many of the chemical reactions happen • Made from cellulose fibres and strengthens the cell and supports the plant • ...

Cells 2024-03-17

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Smaller part of a cell, each one having a different function
  2. A molecule that contains all the instructions for every job performed by the cell
  3. An organism that has two or more cells
  4. The jelly like fluid inside that cell membrane that contains dissolved nutrients
Down
  1. The barrier around a cell that controls the entry and exit of substances into and out of a cell
  2. Living things consisting of only a cell
  3. Control centre of a cell that contains all the genetic material of that cell
  4. Living things that can only be seen with microscopes

8 Clues: An organism that has two or more cells • Living things consisting of only a cell • Living things that can only be seen with microscopes • Smaller part of a cell, each one having a different function • Control centre of a cell that contains all the genetic material of that cell • The jelly like fluid inside that cell membrane that contains dissolved nutrients • ...

cells 2024-05-21

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the brains of a cell
  2. cellular security guards
  3. produces atp
  4. the title
Down
  1. what allows things in and out of a cell
  2. cellular storage facility
  3. provides structure for a PLANT cell
  4. directions proteins where they need to go in a cell

8 Clues: the title • produces atp • the brains of a cell • cellular security guards • cellular storage facility • provides structure for a PLANT cell • what allows things in and out of a cell • directions proteins where they need to go in a cell

cells 2023-06-28

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 3+5-6+1
  2. 1965
  3. key words 6 page 114
  4. there's one of me in all of you
  5. the title
Down
  1. wear all some ones sun how long can we look
  2. Alcatraz
  3. the captain

8 Clues: 1965 • 3+5-6+1 • Alcatraz • the title • the captain • key words 6 page 114 • there's one of me in all of you • wear all some ones sun how long can we look

Cells 2023-04-17

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supports the structure of the cell
  2. A jelly-like substance
  3. Controls what happens in the cell and contains genetic material
  4. Controls what enters and exits the cell
  5. Where protein synthesis takes place
Down
  1. A part of bacterial cells that help them move
  2. The specialized cell that gives plants its nutrients
  3. The part of the cell that creates energy

8 Clues: A jelly-like substance • Supports the structure of the cell • Where protein synthesis takes place • Controls what enters and exits the cell • The part of the cell that creates energy • A part of bacterial cells that help them move • The specialized cell that gives plants its nutrients • Controls what happens in the cell and contains genetic material

Cells 2023-01-27

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Single or multi cellular organisms that contain a nucleus
  2. Organisms that are made of many different kinds of cells
  3. A gel-like substance that supports all of the organelles
  4. Breaks down food and turns it into energy for the cell to use
Down
  1. Controls all of the activities in the cell
  2. The smallest it of a living thing that can carry out the basic processes of life.
  3. Structures that work together to help cells perform life processes - "tiny organs"
  4. A layer around the outside of the cell that gives the cell shape and controls what moves in and out of the cell

8 Clues: Controls all of the activities in the cell • Organisms that are made of many different kinds of cells • A gel-like substance that supports all of the organelles • Single or multi cellular organisms that contain a nucleus • Breaks down food and turns it into energy for the cell to use • ...

cells 2023-02-02

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of this equals 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, which is around the amount of alcohol the average adult
  2. When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing
  3. a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism
  4. A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows.
Down
  1. in a cell with the later b
  2. each human body hosts has 10 m
  3. word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell.
  4. you can get it from an animal in a farm

8 Clues: in a cell with the later b • each human body hosts has 10 m • you can get it from an animal in a farm • word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell. • When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing • a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism • ...

cells 2023-02-02

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of this equals 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, which is around the amount of alcohol the average adult
  2. When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing
  3. a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism
  4. A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows.
Down
  1. in a cell with the later b
  2. each human body hosts has 10 m
  3. word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell.
  4. you can get it from an animal in a farm

8 Clues: in a cell with the later b • each human body hosts has 10 m • you can get it from an animal in a farm • word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell. • When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing • a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism • ...

cells 2023-02-02

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of this equals 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, which is around the amount of alcohol the average adult
  2. When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing
  3. a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism
  4. A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows.
Down
  1. in a cell with the later b
  2. each human body hosts has 10 m
  3. word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell.
  4. you can get it from an animal in a farm

8 Clues: in a cell with the later b • each human body hosts has 10 m • you can get it from an animal in a farm • word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell. • When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing • a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism • ...

cells 2023-02-02

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of this equals 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, which is around the amount of alcohol the average adult
  2. When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing
  3. a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism
  4. A shaft or opening on the surface of the skin through which hair grows.
Down
  1. in a cell with the later b
  2. each human body hosts has 10 m
  3. word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell.
  4. you can get it from an animal in a farm

8 Clues: in a cell with the later b • each human body hosts has 10 m • you can get it from an animal in a farm • word is a medical term for a living cell, such as a red blood cell. • When egg and sperm meet, a zygote is formed and quickly begins dividing • a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism • ...

Cells 2022-09-02

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Gel-like substance that supports all of the cell's parts.
  2. They break down food and turn it into energy.
  3. in animal cells are generally small and help sequester waste products.
  4. An outside layer of the cell that gives it shape.
  5. cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes.
Down
  1. Contains a green chemical called chlorophyll.
  2. Controls all activity of the cell
  3. Plants have an additional layer around the cell.

8 Clues: Controls all activity of the cell • Contains a green chemical called chlorophyll. • They break down food and turn it into energy. • cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes. • Plants have an additional layer around the cell. • An outside layer of the cell that gives it shape. • A Gel-like substance that supports all of the cell's parts. • ...

cells 2023-09-22

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. contains genetic material
  2. acts like goo or slime
  3. protects the animal cell
  4. basic unit of life
  5. powerhouse of the cell
Down
  1. digestive system of the cell
  2. creates protiens
  3. protects the plant cell

8 Clues: creates protiens • basic unit of life • acts like goo or slime • powerhouse of the cell • protects the plant cell • protects the animal cell • contains genetic material • digestive system of the cell

cells 2022-12-02

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the brain of the cell
  2. produce protein
  3. stores food water and waste
Down
  1. the jelly stuff that holds the organelles
  2. help the animal cell divide
  3. cleans up dead things
  4. formes and stores starch
  5. determines what goes in and out the cell

8 Clues: produce protein • cleans up dead things • the brain of the cell • formes and stores starch • help the animal cell divide • stores food water and waste • determines what goes in and out the cell • the jelly stuff that holds the organelles

Cells 2022-10-19

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Protects and supports
  2. Outside of the cell
  3. Digests
Down
  1. powerhouse of the cell
  2. postal office
  3. contains RNA and helps makes thngs
  4. space between organelles
  5. Control center

8 Clues: Digests • postal office • Control center • Outside of the cell • Protects and supports • powerhouse of the cell • space between organelles • contains RNA and helps makes thngs

Cells 2022-10-04

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a job or a task that an organelle performs
  2. Performs cellular respiration
  3. Means "to make"
  4. Parts inside of a cell
Down
  1. Stores water and waste
  2. lets materials in and out of the cell
  3. Stores genetic material (DNA)
  4. performs protein synthesis

8 Clues: Means "to make" • Stores water and waste • Parts inside of a cell • performs protein synthesis • Performs cellular respiration • Stores genetic material (DNA) • lets materials in and out of the cell • a job or a task that an organelle performs

Cells 2022-12-07

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the cell that transports, modifies, and packages proteins and lipids into vesicles for delivery to targeted destinations
  2. a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes
  3. spreading of something more widely
Down
  1. food producers of the cell
  2. plant cells that form the protective water-resistant tissue in the outer covering of stems or tree trunks
  3. the cell that generates most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell
  4. where protiens are stored
  5. cell any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus

8 Clues: where protiens are stored • food producers of the cell • spreading of something more widely • a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes • cell any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus • the cell that generates most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell • ...

Cells 2025-01-05

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proteins
  2. brain
  3. photosynthesis
Down
  1. powerhouse
  2. mailman of cell
  3. breaks down
  4. jelly substance
  5. vacuum

8 Clues: brain • vacuum • proteins • powerhouse • breaks down • photosynthesis • mailman of cell • jelly substance

Cells 2025-06-30

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. expanded the cell theory
  2. blah blah blah
  3. cell theory was given by (no. 2)
  4. cell theory was given by (no.1)
Down
  1. _ and size of the cell is related to the specific function it performs
  2. discovered cells in 1665
  3. Robert Brown discovered _ of the cell in 1831
  4. Structural and functional unit of life

8 Clues: blah blah blah • expanded the cell theory • discovered cells in 1665 • cell theory was given by (no.1) • cell theory was given by (no. 2) • Structural and functional unit of life • Robert Brown discovered _ of the cell in 1831 • _ and size of the cell is related to the specific function it performs

cells 2025-09-23

cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organelle known as the powerhouse of the cell
  2. Jelly-like fluid that fills the cell
  3. Small structure that makes proteins
  4. Rigid outer layer found in plant cells
Down
  1. Control, center of the cell
  2. Flexible outer layer that controls what goes in and out
  3. Where photosynthesis happens in plant cells
  4. Organelle that packages and ships proteins

8 Clues: Control, center of the cell • Small structure that makes proteins • Jelly-like fluid that fills the cell • Rigid outer layer found in plant cells • Organelle that packages and ships proteins • Where photosynthesis happens in plant cells • Organelle known as the powerhouse of the cell • Flexible outer layer that controls what goes in and out

Cells 2026-02-13

Cells crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where Photosynthesis takes place.
  2. Tiny organs
  3. Barrier that protects the cell.
  4. Produces power for the cell.
  5. Found only is plant cells and protects the cell.
Down
  1. Is the process in which plants make food with carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight.
  2. Greenish pigment that absorbs sunlight to power Photosynthesis.
  3. Genetic code stored in nucleus.

8 Clues: Tiny organs • Produces power for the cell. • Barrier that protects the cell. • Genetic code stored in nucleus. • Where Photosynthesis takes place. • Found only is plant cells and protects the cell. • Greenish pigment that absorbs sunlight to power Photosynthesis. • Is the process in which plants make food with carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight.

Specific Immunity 2024-03-25

Specific Immunity crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Immune system has gains experience with a pathogen
  2. Body system that collects fluid that leaks from capillaries; runs fluids through nodes and nodules
  3. protein structures that bind to antigens/ another word for antibodies
  4. method of artificially acquiring immunity to an antigen
  5. Organ that filters out antigens and damaged RBCs; reservoir for RBCs
  6. Released by Th0 cells, signaling B-cells/T-cells to activate
Down
  1. Immune response can differentiate between self and non-self cells
  2. filter antigens from lymphatic vessels/house B-cells and T-cells
  3. central lymphoid organ in avians where B cells mature
  4. Immune response to a specific foreign material
  5. central lymphoid organ in mammals(humans) where B cells mature
  6. Immune system can respond to any foreign material
  7. Any foreign substance that can elicit an immune response
  8. Bi-lobed gland below the thyroid where T cells mature

14 Clues: Immune response to a specific foreign material • Immune system can respond to any foreign material • Immune system has gains experience with a pathogen • central lymphoid organ in avians where B cells mature • Bi-lobed gland below the thyroid where T cells mature • method of artificially acquiring immunity to an antigen • ...

Rowena Colbrook n10227334 2018-08-05

Rowena Colbrook n10227334 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Takes place continuously, resulting in acceleration of cell cycle
  2. These cells divide into three or more ________-_____ during mitosis
  3. The arrangement of cells when together
  4. Describe the size and shape of the cell
  5. Type of cell
  6. What the cells form
  7. The type of cells that do not detect these harmful cells
Down
  1. Scarce and intensely coloured or pale
  2. What the cells do instead of dying or repairing
  3. The nutrients needed of these cells to grow
  4. The feature that occurs in ordinary bodily cells, but does not occur in these unhealthy cells.
  5. Cells do not require oxygen but rely on _______

12 Clues: Type of cell • What the cells form • Scarce and intensely coloured or pale • The arrangement of cells when together • Describe the size and shape of the cell • The nutrients needed of these cells to grow • What the cells do instead of dying or repairing • Cells do not require oxygen but rely on _______ • The type of cells that do not detect these harmful cells • ...

Immune system 2022-03-03

Immune system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen
  2. a rare but severe allergic reaction that can be deadly if you don't treat it right away
  3. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.
  4. a chemical created in the body that is released by white blood cells into the blood stream when the immune system is defending against a potential allergen
  5. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.
  6. the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection
  7. your body's reaction to a normally harmless substance such as pollen, molds, animal dander, latex, certain foods and insect sting
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  1. a type of lymphocyte that are responsible for the humoral immunity component of the adaptive immune system
  2. antibody made by cloning a unique white blood cells
  3. produce antibody molecules that can latch on and destroy invading viruses or bacteria
  4. A type of immune cell that stimulates killer T cells, macrophages, and B cells to make immune responses
  5. a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease
  6. surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells
  7. develop from stem cells in the bone marrow
  8. swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissues
  9. a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum

16 Clues: develop from stem cells in the bone marrow • swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissues • antibody made by cloning a unique white blood cells • the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection • a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen • ...

Fat Cells Callan Howell 2019-08-06

Fat Cells Callan Howell crossword puzzle
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  1. the type of tissue fat cells make up
  2. type of fat cell with much fat to little cytoplasm
  3. the shape of brown fat cells
  4. cosmetic surgery to reduce the number of fat cells
  5. the main activity to expend energy and reduce fat stores
  6. the cells that are stimulated to become fat cells
  7. condition caused by over-inflation of fat cells
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  1. a type of sugar that is converted into fat
  2. the scientific name for fat cells
  3. a vital hormone in the production of fat
  4. the production of heat that takes place in fat cells
  5. a vital chemical messenger produced by fat cells
  6. type of fat cell with little fat to much cytoplasm

13 Clues: the shape of brown fat cells • the scientific name for fat cells • the type of tissue fat cells make up • a vital hormone in the production of fat • a type of sugar that is converted into fat • condition caused by over-inflation of fat cells • a vital chemical messenger produced by fat cells • the cells that are stimulated to become fat cells • ...

Prue Aitchison n6339913 2018-08-06

Prue Aitchison n6339913 crossword puzzle
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  1. Mature red blood cells lack this DNA containing organelle
  2. Red blood cells are created here
  3. haemoglobin contains this key element, contained in high levels in red meat
  4. Red blood cells have Nucleus and this organelle before maturation
  5. condition that describes abnormally low red blood cells in the blood
  6. Process which produces red blood cells
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  1. genetic disorder characterised by crescent shaped red blood cells
  2. Red blood cells transmit this molecule to the lungs for exhalation.
  3. scientific term for red blood cell
  4. Life cycle of red blood cell in months
  5. Shape of the Red blood cell
  6. protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen
  7. Mature red blood cells are unable to reproduce by this method

13 Clues: Shape of the Red blood cell • Red blood cells are created here • scientific term for red blood cell • Life cycle of red blood cell in months • Process which produces red blood cells • protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen • Mature red blood cells lack this DNA containing organelle • Mature red blood cells are unable to reproduce by this method • ...

Histology 2021-02-17

Histology crossword puzzle
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  1. matrix that provides support
  2. squashed and flat shaped (like floor tiles)
  3. looks like multiple layers but is only one
  4. tissue with more than one layer of cells
  5. dispose of foreign and dead tissue cells
  6. muscle found in hollow organs; involuntary movement
  7. without blood
  8. connective tissue made of specialized cells that store oil and has the nucleus on one side
  9. made of osteocytes and supports/protects the body
  10. tissue with one layer of cells
  11. the study of tissues
  12. nonconductive matter that supports and insulates neuron
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  1. irregular connective tissue, holds skin to muscle and has irregular tension strength
  2. matrix nonliving able to bear weight, withstand great tensions and endure abuse (2 words)
  3. cells detect foreign substances and initiate local inflammatory response
  4. muscle to bone; voluntary movement
  5. generate and conduct nerve impulses
  6. group of cells that are similar in structure and perform common function
  7. cartilage in walls of large arteries to maintain blood pressure and contributes to normal exhalation
  8. connective tissue, made of fibroblasts in a matrix of tissue fluid, collagen fibers, and elastin fibers
  9. found in intervertebral disks, tendons, and ligaments
  10. tall and rectangular shaped (column)
  11. changes shape and is found in the urinary system
  12. muscle found in heart; involuntary movement
  13. square shaped (cubed)
  14. gives rise to all other types of tissue
  15. its cells are plasma, transports nutrients and destroys pathogens

27 Clues: without blood • the study of tissues • square shaped (cubed) • matrix that provides support • tissue with one layer of cells • muscle to bone; voluntary movement • generate and conduct nerve impulses • tall and rectangular shaped (column) • gives rise to all other types of tissue • tissue with more than one layer of cells • dispose of foreign and dead tissue cells • ...

30 Term List Lymphatic System 2024-05-17

30 Term List Lymphatic System crossword puzzle
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  1. any disease process affecting the lymph node(s)
  2. inflammation of the lymph nodes
  3. infectious disease which causes an increased number of monocytes & lymphocytes
  4. bone marrow disorder which causes an excessive production of RBC
  5. physician specializing in diagnosing/treating disorders of the lymphatic system
  6. white blood cells (WBC)
  7. blood cells production
  8. deficiency of red blood cells/hemoglobins
  9. kills or damages cells
  10. malignant tumor in epithelial tissue
  11. a yeast infection which can occur in warm/moist areas
  12. nuclear medicine imaging test
  13. swelling of tissues due to an accumulation of fluid in tissues
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  1. incident where the covering of the spleen is torn
  2. bacteria that forms irregular groups reassembling grapes
  3. red blood cells (RBC)
  4. bleeding from the spleen
  5. malignant cancer affecting the lymph nodes/lymphatic tissue
  6. hematocrit
  7. bacteria that forms a chain which mainly cause strept throat
  8. cell fragments that form clots to stop bleeding (platelets)
  9. study of anything related to tumors/cancers
  10. radiation therapy given at a distance
  11. benign tumor formed by abnormal lymphatic vessels
  12. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  13. malignant tumor coming from the soft cinnvective tissue
  14. medication to kill or damage cells
  15. abnormal enlargement of the spleen
  16. protein in blood cells (Hgb)
  17. antibody/immune reaction
  18. blood cancer in the bone marrow which causes an increase in WBC

31 Clues: hematocrit • red blood cells (RBC) • blood cells production • kills or damages cells • white blood cells (WBC) • bleeding from the spleen • antibody/immune reaction • protein in blood cells (Hgb) • nuclear medicine imaging test • inflammation of the lymph nodes • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome • medication to kill or damage cells • abnormal enlargement of the spleen • ...

Tissues of the body 2023-08-25

Tissues of the body crossword puzzle
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  1. type of tissue that functions in communication
  2. type of tissue that functions in protection secretion and absorption
  3. type of cartilage found in your nose
  4. red blood cell
  5. found in tendons and ligaments
  6. epithelial cell that is about as tall as it is wide
  7. cell with body axon and dendrites
  8. type of tissue with an extensive extracellular matrix
  9. nonstriated muscle with spindle-shaped cells
  10. fluid connective tissue
  11. term used to describe multiple layers of epithelial cells
  12. supportive cells of nervous tissue
  13. term to describe a single layer of epithelial cells
  14. surface projections that beat in wave-like patterns
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  1. epithelium that is a single layer of cells but appears to have multiple layers
  2. extracellular matrix composed of calcium and phosphorous salts
  3. white blood cell
  4. surface projections that increase surface area
  5. type of tissue that functions in movement
  6. cartilage with parallel bundles of collagen in extracellular matrix
  7. cellular fragments involved in blood clotting
  8. loose connective tissue with fibroblasts as main cell type
  9. branched muscle cells with intercalated discs
  10. extracellular matrix contains bundles of collagen fibers arranged randomly
  11. epithelium that can change cell shape and layers
  12. epithelial cell that is taller than it is wide
  13. epithelial cell that is flat
  14. muscle with cylindrical cells
  15. most flexible type of cartilage
  16. tissue specialized to store fat

30 Clues: red blood cell • white blood cell • fluid connective tissue • epithelial cell that is flat • muscle with cylindrical cells • found in tendons and ligaments • most flexible type of cartilage • tissue specialized to store fat • cell with body axon and dendrites • supportive cells of nervous tissue • type of cartilage found in your nose • type of tissue that functions in movement • ...

Immune System 2022-04-04

Immune System crossword puzzle
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  1. type of cell that kills certain cells, including cancer cells and cells infected with a virus.
  2. a type of B lymphocyte that forms part of the adaptive immune system.
  3. severe allergic reaction, when someone blood pressure drops so far down that not enough oxygen is getting to the cells.
  4. a substance that is made in response to the detection of a foreign material in the body and that participates in a complement reaction.
  5. a type of bacteria that can cause a disease.
  6. white blood cells that create antibodies.
  7. a vessel or cavity in which a body fluid is stored.
  8. a protein released by animal cells, which also inhibiting virus replication.
  9. when someone is protected from disease by vaccination.
  10. disorders caused by bacteria and viruses.
  11. a widespread occurrence of a disease.
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  1. A disease in which the structure of the affected tissues worsens over time.
  2. a type of white blood cell.
  3. a disease in which the immune system makes an inflammatory response to something harmless that has entered the body.
  4. when a disease affects the world population.
  5. a disease caused by the uncontrollable division of abnormal cells in the affected body part.
  6. a disorder that disrupts normal metabolism.
  7. a medicine that inhibits growth of bacteria or microrganisms.
  8. type of white blood cell that acts as the mediator of immune function
  9. proteins that are made in the response to infection.

20 Clues: a type of white blood cell. • a widespread occurrence of a disease. • white blood cells that create antibodies. • disorders caused by bacteria and viruses. • a disorder that disrupts normal metabolism. • when a disease affects the world population. • a type of bacteria that can cause a disease. • a vessel or cavity in which a body fluid is stored. • ...

Immune System 2022-04-04

Immune System crossword puzzle
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  1. type of cell that kills certain cells, including cancer cells and cells infected with a virus.
  2. a type of B lymphocyte that forms part of the adaptive immune system.
  3. severe allergic reaction, when someone blood pressure drops so far down that not enough oxygen is getting to the cells.
  4. a substance that is made in response to the detection of a foreign material in the body and that participates in a complement reaction.
  5. a type of bacteria that can cause a disease.
  6. white blood cells that create antibodies.
  7. a vessel or cavity in which a body fluid is stored.
  8. a protein released by animal cells, which also inhibiting virus replication.
  9. when someone is protected from disease by vaccination.
  10. disorders caused by bacteria and viruses.
  11. a widespread occurrence of a disease.
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  1. A disease in which the structure of the affected tissues worsens over time.
  2. a type of white blood cell.
  3. a disease in which the immune system makes an inflammatory response to something harmless that has entered the body.
  4. when a disease affects the world population.
  5. a disease caused by the uncontrollable division of abnormal cells in the affected body part.
  6. a disorder that disrupts normal metabolism.
  7. a medicine that inhibits growth of bacteria or microrganisms.
  8. type of white blood cell that acts as the mediator of immune function
  9. proteins that are made in the response to infection.

20 Clues: a type of white blood cell. • a widespread occurrence of a disease. • white blood cells that create antibodies. • disorders caused by bacteria and viruses. • a disorder that disrupts normal metabolism. • when a disease affects the world population. • a type of bacteria that can cause a disease. • a vessel or cavity in which a body fluid is stored. • ...

Immune System 2022-05-13

Immune System crossword puzzle
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  1. a blood protein produced to counteract a specific antigen
  2. a tube that carries lymphatic fluid through the lymphatic system
  3. inability to produce an adequate immune response due to an absence of antibodies or immune cells
  4. the process of adaptive immunity defense that depends on the action of antibodies
  5. a soft substance in the cavities of bones where white blood cells are produced
  6. molecule that stimulates an immune response
  7. an immune system response, where body temperature rises
  8. a class of proteins that function as antibodies
  9. small proteins that control the growth and activity of other immune system cells
  10. a disease causing organism, including bacteria
  11. a small organ in the upper chest where lymphocytes are produced
  12. a structure that filters substances that travel through the lymphatic fluid
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  1. a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies
  2. unicellular microorganism that doesn’t have a distinct nucleus
  3. a type of blood cell that help the body fight infection and disease
  4. a subsystem that is composed of specialized cells that eliminate pathogens or limit their growth
  5. an infectious agent that replicates in the living cells of an organism
  6. the defense system you were born with
  7. an organ that makes lymphocytes, filters blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells
  8. a type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow

20 Clues: the defense system you were born with • molecule that stimulates an immune response • a disease causing organism, including bacteria • a class of proteins that function as antibodies • a type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow • an immune system response, where body temperature rises • a blood protein produced to counteract a specific antigen • ...

Mitosis vs Meiosis 2020-10-23

Mitosis vs Meiosis crossword puzzle
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  1. how the number of chromosomes at the end of mitosis compare to the parent cell
  2. when egg and sperm unite
  3. the idea that pairs of chromosomes randomly align during metaphase of MEIOSIS
  4. number of cells created at the end of meiosis
  5. division of the cytoplasm into two separate cells; occurs directly after mitosis
  6. how number of chromosomes at the end of meiosis compare to the parent cell
  7. type of cells are created during mitosis
  8. number of cells created at the end of mitosis
  9. when homologous chromosomes overlap and exchange DNA during prophase of MEIOSIS
  10. type of cell division that involves creating two identical daughter cells by splitting everything in the cell equally in half
  11. type of cells formed during meiosis
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  1. type of reproduction that involves only one parent cell
  2. the two halves of a doubled chromosome that get separated during anaphase of mitosis
  3. having only one of each chromosome; n (half of the pair)
  4. cell division that produce egg and sperm cells
  5. differences in offspring as a result of meiosis; created by crossing over, random alignment, and fertilization
  6. number of times a cell splits in half during mitosis
  7. having two of each chromosome; 2n
  8. number of times a cell splits in half during meiosis
  9. a pair of chromosomes, one from mom and one from dad that have the SAME genes.
  10. type of reproduction that involves two parent cells

21 Clues: when egg and sperm unite • having two of each chromosome; 2n • type of cells formed during meiosis • type of cells are created during mitosis • number of cells created at the end of meiosis • number of cells created at the end of mitosis • cell division that produce egg and sperm cells • type of reproduction that involves two parent cells • ...

Immune system 2022-03-23

Immune system crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of white blood cells that are apart of the immune system
  2. antibiotics no longer have an effect on the sickness
  3. are chemical barriers that are ready to defend the body from infection
  4. you are born with this
  5. a blood protean
  6. are part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow.
  7. immune cells that target specific antigens.
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  1. this system enhances the ability of antibodies
  2. They help the body fight infection and other diseases
  3. makes white blood cells
  4. helps cure things like small pox
  5. a type of lymphocytes that are responsible for the humoral immunity
  6. a large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, especially at sites of infection.
  7. develop from stem cells in the bone marrow and become different types of white blood cells.
  8. a small organ inside your left rib cage just above the stomach and is apart of the lymphatic system
  9. you slowly get this over time
  10. protects the body from sicknesses
  11. managerial and is responsible for oversight of the doers.
  12. the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones
  13. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.

20 Clues: a blood protean • you are born with this • makes white blood cells • you slowly get this over time • helps cure things like small pox • protects the body from sicknesses • immune cells that target specific antigens. • this system enhances the ability of antibodies • antibiotics no longer have an effect on the sickness • They help the body fight infection and other diseases • ...

Marathon Runner Vocabulary 2025-12-04

Marathon Runner Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The process where oxygen is carried into arteries and carbon dioxide is carried away through veins.
  2. An over-reaction of the immune system where too many white blood cells attack the body's own tissues.
  3. Too low blood glucose.
  4. Balancing the concentration of solutes (like urea and salt) in the blood and cells.
  5. The mechanism to balance sugar levels in the blood.
  6. The process of bringing the human body skin/internal temperature back to normal.
  7. A hormone produced by the pancreas that triggers cells to take in glucose from the bloodstream.
  8. White blood cells using chemical signaling to warn of and fight infection.
  9. Too high blood glucose.
  10. A condition of too low Oxygen (O2) saturation.
  11. The state of steady internal, physical, and chemical conditions maintained by living systems.
  12. A chronic condition where cells do not receive glucose effectively due to insulin resistance or lack of insulin.
  13. Too high plasma sodium levels.
  14. A byproduct of anaerobic respiration in animal cells.
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  1. A hormone that triggers the breakdown of stored energy (glycogen) to release glucose into the blood.
  2. Lower-energy producing process used when oxygen is scarce.
  3. A condition where the body has too few white blood cells.
  4. The energy currency of the cell produced during respiration.
  5. High-energy producing process that uses oxygen to break down glucose.
  6. Too low plasma sodium levels.
  7. Too low body temperature.

21 Clues: Too low blood glucose. • Too high blood glucose. • Too low body temperature. • Too low plasma sodium levels. • Too high plasma sodium levels. • A condition of too low Oxygen (O2) saturation. • The mechanism to balance sugar levels in the blood. • A byproduct of anaerobic respiration in animal cells. • A condition where the body has too few white blood cells. • ...

Topic 2: Infectious disease and epidemiology 2026-03-05

Topic 2: Infectious disease and epidemiology crossword puzzle
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  1. White blood cells that rapidly engulf and destroy pathogens.
  2. Single-celled prokaryotic microorganisms that can reproduce independently.
  3. Localised immune response involving redness, swelling, heat and pain.
  4. Immune cells that engulf pathogens and present antigens to other immune cells.
  5. Immune cells that destroy infected cells in the cell-mediated immune response.
  6. Eukaryotic organisms such as yeasts and moulds that can cause infections.
  7. Immunity gained by receiving antibodies from another source such as maternal antibodies or injections.
  8. Protective outer layer of some bacteria that helps them evade the immune system.
  9. Long-lived immune cells that enable a faster response upon re-exposure to a pathogen.
  10. Disease caused by pathogens that can be transmitted between organisms.
  11. Proteins produced by B lymphocytes that specifically bind to antigens.
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  1. Single-celled eukaryotic organisms that may act as pathogens.
  2. Infectious proteins that cause disease by inducing abnormal protein folding.
  3. Disease not caused by pathogens and not spread between individuals.
  4. Process by which a disease develops in the body.
  5. Immunity produced when the body generates its own antibodies after exposure to an antigen.
  6. Microscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside a host cell.
  7. Poisonous substances produced by pathogens that damage host tissues.
  8. Organism that lives on or inside a host and obtains nutrients at the host’s expense.
  9. Immune cells responsible for producing antibodies in the humoral response.

20 Clues: Process by which a disease develops in the body. • White blood cells that rapidly engulf and destroy pathogens. • Single-celled eukaryotic organisms that may act as pathogens. • Disease not caused by pathogens and not spread between individuals. • Poisonous substances produced by pathogens that damage host tissues. • ...

Cells and their organelles 2020-04-08

Cells and their organelles crossword puzzle
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  1. absorb sunlight through photosynthesis and produce food only found in a plant cells
  2. to digest and remove waste from the cell
  3. to provide structure and support for the cell found ONLY in the plant cells
  4. to control or organize the cells activities
  5. an living thing that is made of one cell
  6. a jelly-like substance that takes up most of the cells space
  7. the process of moving materials in and out of the cell without using energy
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  1. the provide energy for the cell by breaking down all the nutrient the "powerhouse" of the cell
  2. transports protein and other materials for the cells
  3. a similar group of cells that work together
  4. these manufacture/make proteins
  5. an living thing that is made of more than one or many types of cells
  6. to store materials for the cell such as water and waste
  7. to modify/sort and package proteins for the cells
  8. genetic material that determines what traits a living thing will have
  9. controls the movement of substance into and out of the cell

16 Clues: these manufacture/make proteins • to digest and remove waste from the cell • an living thing that is made of one cell • a similar group of cells that work together • to control or organize the cells activities • to modify/sort and package proteins for the cells • transports protein and other materials for the cells • ...

The Cell Cycle and Mitosis 2022-04-20

The Cell Cycle and Mitosis crossword puzzle
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  1. Before cell division can occur, a cell must become larger and _____________, or make a copy of, the chromosomes.
  2. the repetition of a process
  3. phase in which the spindle fibers with attached chromosomes begin to split apart
  4. the process in which a cells divide to create daughter cells
  5. The cell ________ states that all cells must come from preexisting cells.
  6. Each time a cell divides it creates ___________ cells.
  7. phase in which the chromosomes are lined up down the middle of the cell
  8. The major purpose of mitosis is for growth and to ________ worn out cells.
  9. another word for stage or step in a process
  10. phase in which the two new cells have become fully enclosed and separated
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  1. DNA, or genetic material, is located in the ______________ of a cell.
  2. phase in which spindle fibers begin to form
  3. spindle fibers with the chromosomes attached
  4. phase in which the spindle fibers and DNA material has fully traveled to opposite ends of the cell
  5. the stage of mitosis in which cells exist most(90%) of the time
  6. genetic material located in our chromosomes

16 Clues: the repetition of a process • phase in which spindle fibers begin to form • genetic material located in our chromosomes • another word for stage or step in a process • spindle fibers with the chromosomes attached • Each time a cell divides it creates ___________ cells. • the process in which a cells divide to create daughter cells • ...

Immune System 2023-04-26

Immune System crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of protein made in a lab that can bind to certain cells or antigens
  2. excess of watery fluid in tissues or cavities
  3. inflammatory mediator associated with allergic reactions
  4. a type of immune cell that kill microorganisms and remove dead cells and foreign materials
  5. a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies
  6. your body's ability to recognize germs and prevent them from causing illnesses
  7. prepares the body for an immune response to something
  8. a type of white blood cell that stops infections and helps kill cancer cells
  9. cells that activate b and t cells to do their jobs
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  1. an immune reaction to certain substances
  2. a substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies
  3. proteins made by plasma cells in response to an antigen
  4. a severe reaction to an antigen that could be life threatening
  5. types of immune cells found in blood and lymph tissue
  6. a type of Phagocyte that eats microorganisms and stimulates other immune cells
  7. fluid that accumulates at the site of an infection

16 Clues: an immune reaction to certain substances • excess of watery fluid in tissues or cavities • cells that activate b and t cells to do their jobs • fluid that accumulates at the site of an infection • a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies • types of immune cells found in blood and lymph tissue • prepares the body for an immune response to something • ...

Plant Tissues 2025-04-13

Plant Tissues crossword puzzle
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  1. Ground tissue made of thin-walled living cells for storage and photosynthesis.
  2. A vascular tissue that transports organic nutrients such as sugars.
  3. Region of ground tissue in roots and stems that stores food and helps with transport.
  4. A vascular tissue that transports water and minerals from roots to leaves.
  5. Layer of elongated cells in leaves where most photosynthesis occurs.
  6. Region of growth at the tips of roots and shoots.
  7. Plant tissue with dead, thick-walled cells that provide rigid support.
  8. Undifferentiated cells responsible for plant growth through cell division.
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  1. Protective outer layer on leaves that prevents water loss.
  2. Leaf tissue with loosely packed cells allowing gas exchange.
  3. Points on a stem where leaves or branches are attached.
  4. Kidney-shaped cells that control the opening and closing of stomata.
  5. Outer layer of cells covering leaves, stems, and roots.
  6. A supportive plant tissue with unevenly thickened cell walls.
  7. Pore on the underside of the leaf that allows gas exchange.
  8. Tiny extensions from root epidermal cells that increase surface area for absorption.

16 Clues: Region of growth at the tips of roots and shoots. • Points on a stem where leaves or branches are attached. • Outer layer of cells covering leaves, stems, and roots. • Protective outer layer on leaves that prevents water loss. • Pore on the underside of the leaf that allows gas exchange. • Leaf tissue with loosely packed cells allowing gas exchange. • ...

Cell Theory Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-13

Cell Theory Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Found that all cells come from living cells
  2. An entire living thing with all LOO
  3. Stores waste and nutrients to help the digestive process
  4. A mass made up of a group of one specific type of cell
  5. The basic structure or unit of life
  6. Where photosynthesis takes place
  7. Found that plants are made out of cells
  8. Organelle responsible for making energy
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  1. Small Organelle that is a site of protein synthesis
  2. Found that all animals are made out of cells
  3. The organs of the cell
  4. A tool that helps you see things like cells up close
  5. Gives the cell directions
  6. Like the jello in a fruit cup
  7. First person to observe bacteria
  8. First person to observe cells under a microscope

16 Clues: The organs of the cell • Gives the cell directions • Like the jello in a fruit cup • Where photosynthesis takes place • First person to observe bacteria • An entire living thing with all LOO • The basic structure or unit of life • Found that plants are made out of cells • Organelle responsible for making energy • Found that all cells come from living cells • ...

Diana 7th 2022-03-25

Diana 7th crossword puzzle
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  1. disease causing agent
  2. towards the heart
  3. spot pathogen
  4. destroys virus
  5. inner layer
  6. cools body
  7. connects, exchanges
  8. away from the heart
  9. "Clothing" of the pathogen
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  1. destroy pathogen
  2. destroys bacteria
  3. Skin,Hair,Nails
  4. outer layer
  5. weak or dead cells
  6. moisten skin and hair
  7. Fights infection
  8. Redness, swelling, and heat
  9. Carries O2
  10. cause scabs

19 Clues: Carries O2 • cools body • outer layer • inner layer • cause scabs • spot pathogen • destroys virus • Skin,Hair,Nails • destroy pathogen • Fights infection • destroys bacteria • towards the heart • weak or dead cells • connects, exchanges • away from the heart • disease causing agent • moisten skin and hair • "Clothing" of the pathogen • Redness, swelling, and heat

Immune Crossword 2026-02-18

Immune Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. marker protein the body identifies as self or nonself
  2. defense such as sweat, tears, stomach acid
  3. potential disease causing agent
  4. type of immunity when you get sick and make antibodies
  5. when white cells engulf a pathogen
  6. filters lymph fluid
  7. the first time the body encounters a pathogen
  8. large filter of blood, located near stomach
  9. fluid that leaks from blood vessels
  10. produced during an allergy by the body
  11. swelling of tissue due to increase of cell activity
  12. where white blood cells are produced
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  1. type of immunity given with a vaccine
  2. defense such as the skin
  3. made by b-cells to neutralize pathogens
  4. immune response where memory cells are active
  5. when the body attacks its own tissues
  6. where white blood cells mature
  7. type of t-cell that slows the immune response

19 Clues: filters lymph fluid • defense such as the skin • where white blood cells mature • potential disease causing agent • when white cells engulf a pathogen • fluid that leaks from blood vessels • where white blood cells are produced • type of immunity given with a vaccine • when the body attacks its own tissues • produced during an allergy by the body • ...

Immunity 2021-02-24

Immunity crossword puzzle
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  1. type of lymphocytes that activate when they encounter an antigen. They can be clasified in helper and killer cells
  2. phagocytes and lymphocytes originate from here
  3. proteins that combine with viruses or toxins to prevent them from going inside the cell, and also coat bacteria for phagocytes to recognize them
  4. cells with antibodies that remain circulating in the blood for a long time
  5. make up to 60% of the white cells in the blood
  6. the injection of dead or attenuated pathogens to acquire immunity
  7. immunity you are born with
  8. type of immunity gained after an immune response
  9. short lived cells that remove dead cells and invasive microorganisms.
  10. type of immunity gained without an immune response
  11. name of the antibodies when they are in plasma
  12. causes natural active inmunity
  13. the process in which phagocytes destroy bacteria
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  1. cells that produce antibodies
  2. kind of lymphocyte that creates a specific type of antibody
  3. type of passive immunity in which the mother passes her antbodies to her child through the placenta or breastfeeding
  4. immunity you acquire
  5. type of passive immunity in which antitoxin or antibodies are injected
  6. long living cells that inniciate the immune response. They are found in organs instead of the bloodstream

19 Clues: immunity you acquire • immunity you are born with • cells that produce antibodies • causes natural active inmunity • phagocytes and lymphocytes originate from here • make up to 60% of the white cells in the blood • name of the antibodies when they are in plasma • type of immunity gained after an immune response • the process in which phagocytes destroy bacteria • ...

Circulatory System 2013-11-20

Circulatory System crossword puzzle
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  1. This binds to oxygen in the lungs and transports it to cells
  2. The upper chamber of the heart
  3. The lower chamber of the heart
  4. These vessels contain valves to prevent the back-flow of blood. They carry blood to the heart
  5. This carries blood from the lungs back to the heart
  6. Specialised cells in the blood that are responsible for clotting
  7. What transports oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body
  8. This carries blood from the heart to the lungs
  9. Disc shaped cells that contain haemoglobin for carrying oxygen
  10. This is the largest blood vessel, it contains the highest pressure of all the blood vessels
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  1. The straw coloured fluid in blood that carries the blood cells
  2. Blood from the pulmonary vein enters this chamber
  3. How many times does the heart beat on average per minute?
  4. This divides the heart into the right and left sides
  5. Brings blood into the heart from the body
  6. blood cells that fight against infection
  7. The smallest vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to the cells and absorb/ remove carbon dioxide and wastes from cells
  8. These carry blood away from the heart
  9. The heart rate will increase with exercise due to a greater need for what molecule?

19 Clues: The upper chamber of the heart • The lower chamber of the heart • These carry blood away from the heart • blood cells that fight against infection • Brings blood into the heart from the body • This carries blood from the heart to the lungs • Blood from the pulmonary vein enters this chamber • This carries blood from the lungs back to the heart • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  2. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  3. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  4. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  5. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  6. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  7. – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  8. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  9. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  10. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  11. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
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  1. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  2. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  3. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  4. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  5. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  6. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  7. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  8. – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  9. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  2. – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  3. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  4. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  5. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  6. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  7. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  8. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  9. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
  10. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
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  1. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  2. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  3. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  4. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  5. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  6. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  7. – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  8. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  9. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  10. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Prue Aitchison n6339913 2018-08-06

Prue Aitchison n6339913 crossword puzzle
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  1. Red blood cells are created here
  2. Process which produces red blood cells
  3. protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen
  4. scientific term for red blood cell
  5. Mature red blood cells lack this DNA containing organelle
  6. Shape of the Red blood cell
  7. condition that describes abnormally low red blood cells in the blood
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  1. haemoglobin contains this key element, contained in high levels in red meat
  2. Red blood cells transmit this molecule to the lungs for exhalation.
  3. Red blood cells have Nucleus and this organelle before maturation
  4. genetic disorder characterised by crescent shaped red blood cells
  5. Life cycle of red blood cell in months
  6. Mature red blood cells are unable to reproduce by this method

13 Clues: Shape of the Red blood cell • Red blood cells are created here • scientific term for red blood cell • Process which produces red blood cells • Life cycle of red blood cell in months • protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen • Mature red blood cells lack this DNA containing organelle • Mature red blood cells are unable to reproduce by this method • ...

Prue Aitchison n6339913 2018-08-06

Prue Aitchison n6339913 crossword puzzle
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  1. haemoglobin contains this key element, contained in high levels in red meat
  2. Process which produces red blood cells
  3. Red blood cells transmit this molecule to the lungs for exhalation.
  4. Red blood cells have Nucleus and this organelle before maturation
  5. scientific term for red blood cell
  6. condition that describes abnormally low red blood cells in the blood
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  1. protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen
  2. genetic disorder characterised by crescent shaped red blood cells
  3. Life cycle of red blood cell in months
  4. Mature red blood cells lack this DNA containing organelle
  5. Shape of the Red blood cell
  6. Red blood cells are created here
  7. Mature red blood cells are unable to reproduce by this method

13 Clues: Shape of the Red blood cell • Red blood cells are created here • scientific term for red blood cell • Life cycle of red blood cell in months • Process which produces red blood cells • protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen • Mature red blood cells lack this DNA containing organelle • Mature red blood cells are unable to reproduce by this method • ...

Rowan P6 2023-11-07

Rowan P6 crossword puzzle
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  1. DNA comes for one organism
  2. chemicals that control cell functions
  3. Organism without a nucleus splits
  4. Add more cells
  5. regrows missing parts
  6. Chromosomes for and nucleus disapears
  7. Cells grows and copies DNA
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  1. The gel in cells split
  2. Cells with nuclei split
  3. Organisms grows tiny versions on it's body
  4. Tightly wound DNA
  5. Replace cells or cell parts
  6. Cells become specialized

13 Clues: Add more cells • Tightly wound DNA • regrows missing parts • The gel in cells split • Cells with nuclei split • Cells become specialized • DNA comes for one organism • Cells grows and copies DNA • Replace cells or cell parts • Organism without a nucleus splits • chemicals that control cell functions • Chromosomes for and nucleus disapears • Organisms grows tiny versions on it's body

Cell Processes Crossword 2023-04-17

Cell Processes Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The state in which the concentration of a substance is equal on both sides of a membrane.
  2. The type of gas plants use to undergo photosynthesis.
  3. The process through which plant cells generate FOOD from energy.
  4. The process through which cells turn food in the form of sugar into energy.
  5. The type of reproduction that cells undergo, produces offspring from one parent.
  6. The process through which a substance passes through a membrane from high to low concentration.
  7. Diffusion involving water specifically.
  8. The number of chromosomes usually found in a human cell.
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  1. The form of sugar created by photosynthesis and used in cellular respiration.
  2. The cells produced by mitosis are genetically __________ to the original cell.
  3. The source of the energy plants use in photosynthesis.
  4. The process through which one cell splits into 4 cells, each of which contains half the number of chromosomes as normal.
  5. The "element of life" found in all biomolecules.
  6. The type of energy used to power cells.
  7. The process through which one cell splits into two cells.
  8. The type of gas cells use to undergo cellular respiration.

16 Clues: The type of energy used to power cells. • Diffusion involving water specifically. • The "element of life" found in all biomolecules. • The type of gas plants use to undergo photosynthesis. • The source of the energy plants use in photosynthesis. • The number of chromosomes usually found in a human cell. • The process through which one cell splits into two cells. • ...

Immune System 2020-10-11

Immune System crossword puzzle
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  1. What are cells called that are not activated?
  2. What can binding of antibodies inactivate?
  3. What type of antibodies does blood serum contain?
  4. What is the cell process by which a less specialised cell undergoes maturation to become more distinct in form and function?
  5. What is the name of cell division which results in more cells?
  6. These are foreign molecules recognised by the immune system that stimulate an immune response.
  7. What bind to receptors on helper T cells stimulating rapid mitosis?
  8. This cell type differentiates into macrophages and dendritic cells in response to inflammation.
  9. What are attenuated virus/bacteria that trigger  an immune response and memory cells?
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  1. What are secreted by plasma cells?
  2. What cytotoxic T cells release serine proteases that trigger programmed cell death
  3. What is the humoral type of specific immune response?
  4. What cells play an important role in the adaptive immune system?
  5. What is another name for antibodies?
  6. What is the most common shape of an antibody protein?
  7. What do free antigens directly activate in the humoral immune response?

16 Clues: What are secreted by plasma cells? • What is another name for antibodies? • What can binding of antibodies inactivate? • What are cells called that are not activated? • What type of antibodies does blood serum contain? • What is the humoral type of specific immune response? • What is the most common shape of an antibody protein? • ...

Innate Immunity 2024-01-26

Innate Immunity crossword puzzle
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  1. antibacterial protein secreted in sweat
  2. type of granulocyte that can squeeze through blood vessel walls and are also known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes
  3. examples include pimples, boils, and pustules
  4. cell movement that occurs in response to chemical stimulus
  5. type of granulocyte that can defend the body against parasitic worms and present in large quantities in allergic reactions
  6. released by basophils, platelets, and mast cells and causes vasodilation in small arteries
  7. process whereby leukocytes leave intact blood vessels by squeezing between lining cells
  8. lymphocyte that matures in the thymus and acts primarily against endogenous antigens in cell-mediated immune responses
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  1. phagocytic cells of the second line of defense
  2. mucus-secreting cells in the epithelium of mucous membranes
  3. type of agranulocyte that has slightly lobed nuclei and mature into macrophages
  4. generative cells capable of dividing to form daughter cells of a variety of types
  5. cells of the epidermis and mucous membranes that devour pathogens
  6. oily substance secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin that lowers pH
  7. cells, often leukocytes, that are capable of phagocytosis
  8. body temperature above 37 degrees Celsius

16 Clues: antibacterial protein secreted in sweat • body temperature above 37 degrees Celsius • examples include pimples, boils, and pustules • phagocytic cells of the second line of defense • cells, often leukocytes, that are capable of phagocytosis • cell movement that occurs in response to chemical stimulus • mucus-secreting cells in the epithelium of mucous membranes • ...

VOCABULARY FOR BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS 2022-03-21

VOCABULARY FOR BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS crossword puzzle
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  1. Increased levels of protein in the urine.
  2. The clumping of cells such as bacteria or red blood cells in the presence of an antibody or complement.
  3. Are organic compounds that contain amino and carboxylate functional groups, along with a side chain (R group).
  4. The metabolites of this compound are excreted through bile and urine, and elevated levels may indicate certain diseases.
  5. These cells are flexible biconcave disks. They lack a cell nucleus and most organelles.
  6. What are natural killer cells, T-cells and B-cells?
  7. an instrument that can be used to observe small objects, such as cells, bacteria and viruses.
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  1. a small colourless disc-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
  2. Its molecule comprises four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound to a haem group.
  3. Is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets.
  4. The process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an infectious agent (known as the immunogen).
  5. Are smaller than animal and plant cells, but slightly larger than bacteria.
  6. What kind of vitamins are A,K,D and E?
  7. C6-H12-O6 is the molecular formula of this simple sugar.
  8. You can see if there are antibodies attached to red blood cells (in vivo).

15 Clues: What kind of vitamins are A,K,D and E? • Increased levels of protein in the urine. • What are natural killer cells, T-cells and B-cells? • C6-H12-O6 is the molecular formula of this simple sugar. • Is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets. • You can see if there are antibodies attached to red blood cells (in vivo). • ...

Hematology Oncology 2025-06-13

Hematology Oncology crossword puzzle
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  1. Cancer affecting the lymphatic system.
  2. A procedure in which a sample of blood is drawn and checked for the number of red blood cells and platelets, the number and type of white blood cells, the amount of hemoglobin (the protein that carries oxygen) in the red blood cells, and the portion of the blood sample made up of red blood cells.
  3. An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause or extent of a disease.
  4. Fluid that circulates through the heart and blood vessels.
  5. An area of abnormal or damaged tissue on the skin caused by injury, infection, or disease.
  6. An innovative treatment that programs the immune system to attack cancer, it retrains our body's defenses to recognize cancer cells and target them.
  7. Cancer of the bone marrow involving plasma cells, which are mature lymphocytes that produce antibodies.
  8. A procedure in which blood collected from a voluntary donor is transferred into another person.
  9. Scientific studies in which new treatments, drugs, diagnostic procedures, and other therapies are tested in patients to determine if they are safe and effective.
  10. The study of kidneys.
  11. The process by which blood clots.
  12. Medical procedure where diseased or damaged bone marrow are replaced with healthy marrow. It is often performed to treat serious blood cancers or diseases.
  13. A branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the production of blood and its components such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood protiens, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels, spleen and the mechanism of coagulation.
  14. Type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell).
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  1. A group of rare diseases resulting from the over-production of white blood cells (histiocytes), which can lead to tumors and organ damage.
  2. An uncommon blood cell cancer that originates from malignant B-cells. It is a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It mostly forms in the bone marrow and can slow normal blood cell growth, which can lead to anemia and a weakened immune system.
  3. Healthy [hematopoietic] stem cells are transplanted from another individual or they use your own stem cells to grow and produce all of the different parts of the blood that both your body and your immune system need.
  4. The blood cells that help defend the body against infection.
  5. A blood condition where there are not enough red blood cells or they do not function properly.
  6. Cancer of the blood and develops in bone marrow.
  7. A clump of platelets and blood proteins (also known as a thrombosis) that form a plug at the site of an injured blood vessel to prevent excessive bleeding. A clot may also form inside a blood vessel and block that vessel which is called athrombosis or a blood clot.

21 Clues: The study of kidneys. • The process by which blood clots. • Cancer affecting the lymphatic system. • Cancer of the blood and develops in bone marrow. • Fluid that circulates through the heart and blood vessels. • The blood cells that help defend the body against infection. • An area of abnormal or damaged tissue on the skin caused by injury, infection, or disease. • ...

Immune system 2025-05-04

Immune system crossword puzzle
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  1. The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells
  2. A type of white blood cell that is an important part of the immune system and helps the body fight infection
  3. The clear, yellowish, fluid part of the blood that carries the blood cells
  4. type of white blood cell that are a primary component of the adaptive immune system, responsible for fighting off pathogens and foreign substances
  5. the part of an antigen that is recognized by the immune system, specifically by antibodies, B cells, or T cells
  6. A protein that is made by B cells and plasma cells (types of white blood cells) and helps the body fight infection.
  7. affecting the entire body, rather than a single organ or body part
  8. a class of glycoprotein cytokines produced by cells in response to a variety of stimuli, including viruses, bacteria, and tumor cells.
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  1. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells
  2. small, soluble protein molecules that act as signaling agents between cells
  3. tiny living organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye and require magnification, like a microscope, to be observed
  4. molecules that comprise protein and carbohydrate chains that are involved in many physiological functions including immunity
  5. is a signaling chemical your immune system releases to send messages between different cells
  6. any substance that can trigger an immune response in the body, typically by causing the production of antibodies
  7. a white blood cell containing granules that are readily stained by eosin

15 Clues: affecting the entire body, rather than a single organ or body part • a white blood cell containing granules that are readily stained by eosin • The clear, yellowish, fluid part of the blood that carries the blood cells • small, soluble protein molecules that act as signaling agents between cells • ...

Anatomy of a Cell 2019-11-18

Anatomy of a Cell crossword puzzle
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  1. What recycles waste inside a cell?
  2. A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells.
  3. Small membrane bound sacs that transport materials around the cell and to the cell membrane.
  4. What is attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum to make it look like sandpaper?
  5. Apparatus Packages and transports proteins within a cell.
  6. Makes food for a plant cell using energy from the sun.
  7. Plant cells store water and nutrients in what organelle?
  8. Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell?
  9. Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus?
  10. Membrane Surrounds all cells and controls what goes in and out of it.
  11. The _________ helps the cell to move.
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  1. How many parts are there to the cell theory?
  2. Ribosomes make what for the cell?
  3. Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape.
  4. In what organelle does the process to make energy for the cell, otherwise known as cellular respiration, occur?
  5. Endoplasmic Reticulum Makes lipids, or fats, for the cell.
  6. The third part of the cell theory says that all cells come from _______ cells. (hyphenated word)
  7. Endoplasmic Reticulum Processes the proteins that ribosomes make.
  8. One of the eight characteristics of life states that for something to be alive, it must have what?

19 Clues: Ribosomes make what for the cell? • What recycles waste inside a cell? • The _________ helps the cell to move. • How many parts are there to the cell theory? • Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell? • Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape. • Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus? • A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells. • ...

Anatomy of a Cell 2019-11-18

Anatomy of a Cell crossword puzzle
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  1. What is attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum to make it look like sandpaper?
  2. One of the eight characteristics of life states that for something to be alive, it must have what?
  3. Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell?
  4. Membrane Surrounds all cells and controls what goes in and out of it.
  5. Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape.
  6. The third part of the cell theory says that all cells come from _______ cells. (hyphenated word)
  7. Makes food for a plant cell using energy from the sun.
  8. Plant cells store water and nutrients in what organelle?
  9. Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus?
  10. Endoplasmic Reticulum Makes lipids, or fats, for the cell.
  11. Apparatus Packages and transports proteins within a cell.
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  1. Small membrane bound sacs that transport materials around the cell and to the cell membrane.
  2. Endoplasmic Reticulum Processes the proteins that ribosomes make.
  3. In what organelle does the process to make energy for the cell, otherwise known as cellular respiration, occur?
  4. What recycles waste inside a cell?
  5. The _________ helps the cell to move.
  6. Ribosomes make what for the cell?
  7. A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells.
  8. How many parts are there to the cell theory?

19 Clues: Ribosomes make what for the cell? • What recycles waste inside a cell? • The _________ helps the cell to move. • Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell? • How many parts are there to the cell theory? • Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape. • Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus? • A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells. • ...

Anatomy of a cell 2019-11-18

Anatomy of a cell crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell?
  2. Membrane Surrounds all cells and controls what goes in and out of it.
  3. What recycles waste inside a cell?
  4. The _________ helps the cell to move.
  5. Makes food for a plant cell using energy from the sun.
  6. The third part of the cell theory says that all cells come from _______ cells. (hyphenated word)
  7. Endoplasmic Reticulum Makes lipids, or fats, for the cell.
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  1. Small membrane bound sacs that transport materials around the cell and to the cell membrane.
  2. Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape.
  3. A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells.
  4. Plant cells store water and nutrients in what organelle?
  5. Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus?
  6. How many parts are there to the cell theory?
  7. One of the eight characteristics of life states that for something to be alive, it must have what?
  8. In what organelle does the process to make energy for the cell, otherwise known as cellular respiration, occur?
  9. Apparatus Packages and transports proteins within a cell.
  10. What is attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum to make it look like sandpaper?
  11. Ribosomes make what for the cell?
  12. Endoplasmic Reticulum Processes the proteins that ribosomes make.

19 Clues: Ribosomes make what for the cell? • What recycles waste inside a cell? • The _________ helps the cell to move. • How many parts are there to the cell theory? • Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell? • Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape. • Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus? • A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells. • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  2. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  3. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  4. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  5. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  6. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  7. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  8. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
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  1. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  2. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
  3. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  4. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  5. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  6. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  7. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  8. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
  9. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  10. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  11. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  12. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Nervous System 2025-09-29

Nervous System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  2. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  3. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  4. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  5. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  6. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  7. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  8. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
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  1. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  2. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  3. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  4. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  5. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  6. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  7. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  8. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  9. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  10. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  11. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  12. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Year 7 2025-12-17

Year 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. Name the process by which substances enter and leave cells because of a difference in concentration
  2. What is the job of the respiratory system?
  3. Where in a cell do all the chemical reactions take place?
  4. What is the function of the nucleus?
  5. Which organ system contains the stomach and large and small intestine?
  6. Which part of the cell controls what enters and leaves the cell?
  7. Give an example of a unicellular organism
  8. Name the air sacs at the end of the bronchioles inside the lungs
  9. Put these into order of size, smallest first: tissue, nucleus, cell, organ
  10. Which 3 structures are found in most plant cells but not in animal cells?
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  1. How does a good blood supply around the air sacs speed up diffusion?
  2. What do groups of similar cells form?
  3. How do you bring cells into view when looking down the microscope?
  4. Why should you always start with the lowest magnification on a microscope?
  5. What is a “unicellular organism”?
  6. How can you tell that the cell is a plant cell?
  7. Why do plant cells have cell walls?
  8. How do folded membranes on structures inside the body speed up diffusion?
  9. Why do palisade cells contain lots of chloroplasts?

19 Clues: What is a “unicellular organism”? • Why do plant cells have cell walls? • What is the function of the nucleus? • What do groups of similar cells form? • Give an example of a unicellular organism • What is the job of the respiratory system? • How can you tell that the cell is a plant cell? • Why do palisade cells contain lots of chloroplasts? • ...

General N5 biology Crossword 2020-10-01

General N5 biology Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the site of aerobic respiration?
  2. Last membrane to reform during mitosis
  3. 2 of these are made turning glucose into pyruvate Glucose turns into this during respiration
  4. The number of strands in a single DNA
  5. What do spindle fibres pull apart?
  6. Fetal Stem cells are called this
  7. Humans have 46 of these
  8. What speeds up chemical reaction?
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  1. Where the chromosomes line up during mitosis
  2. What is the process by which cells divide?
  3. Stem cells in adults are called this
  4. Location of protein synthesis
  5. Ph and temperature make this happen to enzymes if they aren't optimum.
  6. Humans make this in fermentation
  7. Plant cells in hypertonic solutions
  8. The control centre of a cell
  9. Plant cells in hypotonic solution
  10. Enzymes are chemical
  11. Single strand copy of DNA

19 Clues: Enzymes are chemical • Humans have 46 of these • Single strand copy of DNA • The control centre of a cell • Location of protein synthesis • Humans make this in fermentation • Fetal Stem cells are called this • Plant cells in hypotonic solution • What speeds up chemical reaction? • What do spindle fibres pull apart? • Plant cells in hypertonic solutions • ...

General N5 biology Crossword 2020-10-01

General N5 biology Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the site of aerobic respiration?
  2. Last membrane to reform during mitosis
  3. 2 of these are made turning glucose into pyruvate Glucose turns into this during respiration
  4. The number of strands in a single DNA
  5. What do spindle fibres pull apart?
  6. Fetal Stem cells are called this
  7. Humans have 46 of these
  8. What speeds up chemical reaction?
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  1. Where the chromosomes line up during mitosis
  2. What is the process by which cells divide?
  3. Stem cells in adults are called this
  4. Location of protein synthesis
  5. Ph and temperature make this happen to enzymes if they aren't optimum.
  6. Humans make this in fermentation
  7. Plant cells in hypertonic solutions
  8. The control centre of a cell
  9. Plant cells in hypotonic solution
  10. Enzymes are chemical
  11. Single strand copy of DNA

19 Clues: Enzymes are chemical • Humans have 46 of these • Single strand copy of DNA • The control centre of a cell • Location of protein synthesis • Humans make this in fermentation • Fetal Stem cells are called this • Plant cells in hypotonic solution • What speeds up chemical reaction? • What do spindle fibres pull apart? • Plant cells in hypertonic solutions • ...

Key Cells of the Innate Immune System 2026-02-17

Key Cells of the Innate Immune System crossword puzzle
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  1. Circulating granulocyte that releases histamine
  2. Molecular pattern found on microbes but not host cells
  3. Tissue mast cell mediator responsible for vasodilation
  4. Circulating cell that differentiates into macrophages
  5. Granulocyte involved in parasitic defence
  6. First leukocyte recruited rapidly from blood during infection
  7. Reactive molecule used by phagocytes to kill microbes
  8. Innate lymphocyte that kills virus-infected cells
  9. Cytokine that promotes acute inflammation and vascular leak
  10. Cytokine responsible for induction of fever
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  1. Vascular change causing redness and heat
  2. Plasma protein cascade that opsonises microbes
  3. Coating of microbes to enhance phagocytosis
  4. Engulfment of particle by immune cells
  5. Molecules released from damaged host cells
  6. Physical barrier composed of keratinised cells
  7. Resident tissue phagocyte that detects pathogens via PRRs
  8. Lipid mediator derived from arachidonic acid
  9. Small signalling protein released to coordinate immune responses

19 Clues: Engulfment of particle by immune cells • Vascular change causing redness and heat • Granulocyte involved in parasitic defence • Molecules released from damaged host cells • Coating of microbes to enhance phagocytosis • Cytokine responsible for induction of fever • Lipid mediator derived from arachidonic acid • Plasma protein cascade that opsonises microbes • ...

Blood and Immunity 2024-05-29

Blood and Immunity crossword puzzle
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  1. multiply and produce antibodies (chemical weapons)
  2. produced in bone marrow, stored in thymus gland
  3. play a role in blood clotting
  4. process by which red blood cells are made.
  5. occur when your immune system mistakes harmless cells for harmful invaders
  6. are similar to red blood cells in that they do not contain a nucleus and are produced in the bone marrow.
  7. is a pigment found in red blood cells that increases their capacity to carry oxygen
  8. proteins formed within the blood that reacts with antigens
  9. red blood cells
  10. white blood cells
  11. phagocytic white blood cells formed in lymph nodes or in the blood
  12. a substance, usually a protein, that stimulates the formation of antibodies
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  1. produce antibodies that provide protection against invading microbes
  2. establish osmotic pressure that draws water back into capillaries
  3. the reduction in blood oxygen due to low levels of hemoglobin or poor red blood cell production
  4. act as ports along cell membranes for nutrients and hormones
  5. large chemical complexes composed of carbohydrates and protein found on cell membranes
  6. a blood clot that seals a blood vessel which prevents local tissues from being supplied with oxygen and nutrients.
  7. a dislodged blood clot that has potential to become lodged in a vital organ

19 Clues: red blood cells • white blood cells • play a role in blood clotting • process by which red blood cells are made. • produced in bone marrow, stored in thymus gland • multiply and produce antibodies (chemical weapons) • proteins formed within the blood that reacts with antigens • act as ports along cell membranes for nutrients and hormones • ...

Unit 6 Review 2025-02-24

Unit 6 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The condensed structures that contain DNA and are visible during mitosis.
  2. The stage of the cell cycle where the cell grows and prepares for division.
  3. Paired chromosomes, one from each parent.
  4. The phase of mitosis where chromatin condenses into visible chromosomes.
  5. The type of cells that make up the body, excluding reproductive cells.
  6. The process that ensures the continuity of life by producing new cells.
  7. When sperm fuses with an egg to form a zygote.
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  1. The identical copies of a chromosome connected at the centromere.
  2. The separation of cytoplasm at the end of mitosis or meiosis.
  3. The final stage of mitosis where the nuclear envelope reforms.
  4. The phase of mitosis where sister chromatids are pulled apart.
  5. The complete series of stages that lead to cell growth, DNA replication, and division.
  6. The process that reduces the chromosome number by half to create gametes.
  7. The type of nuclear division that results in two identical daughter cells.
  8. Cells that contain two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
  9. Exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
  10. The phase of mitosis where chromosomes align at the cell’s equator.
  11. The specialized reproductive cells used in sexual reproduction.
  12. A type of cell with only one/half set of chromosomes, such as sperm or egg cells.

19 Clues: Paired chromosomes, one from each parent. • When sperm fuses with an egg to form a zygote. • The separation of cytoplasm at the end of mitosis or meiosis. • The final stage of mitosis where the nuclear envelope reforms. • The phase of mitosis where sister chromatids are pulled apart. • The specialized reproductive cells used in sexual reproduction. • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  2. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  3. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  4. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  5. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  6. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
  7. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  8. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
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  1. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  2. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  3. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  4. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  5. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  6. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  7. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  8. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  9. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  10. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  11. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  12. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  2. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  3. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  4. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  5. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  6. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  7. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  8. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  9. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
  10. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  11. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  12. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
  13. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
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  1. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  2. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  3. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  4. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  5. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  6. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  7. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Differences Between Plant and Animal Cells 2017-10-12

Differences Between Plant and Animal Cells crossword puzzle
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  1. Where is the nucleus located in an animal cell?
  2. Do plant cells have a regular or irregular shape?
  3. The semifluid substance between other organelles in the cell
  4. membrane What does the animal cell have in replacement of a cell wall?
  5. What variation of the animal cell has more mitochondria to burn sugars for making more energy?
  6. What do plant cell vacuoles store?
  7. Are plant cells smaller or larger than animal cells?
  8. An organelle that converts sugars into usable energy; also known as the "powerhouse of the cell"
  9. What organelle stores materials? (There is one large one in plant cells and multiple small ones in animal cells)
  10. What are the small disk-shaped compartments inside the chloroplasts?
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  1. Which organelles help manufacture proteins? (These are made of RNA and proteins)
  2. Organelles that capture light energy and convert it to chemical energy (Only found in plant cells)
  3. The organelle that digests bacteria and excess inside animal cells
  4. What organelle in animal cells is made up of microtubules and functions only during cell division?
  5. What is the inflexible barrier that protects plant cells?

15 Clues: What do plant cell vacuoles store? • Where is the nucleus located in an animal cell? • Do plant cells have a regular or irregular shape? • Are plant cells smaller or larger than animal cells? • What is the inflexible barrier that protects plant cells? • The semifluid substance between other organelles in the cell • ...

Biology Crossword - ST, CN 2024-10-14

Biology Crossword - ST, CN crossword puzzle
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  1. What is a (mostly) Y shaped protein?
  2. One type of immune response in mammals.
  3. What stimulates helper T cells?
  4. What antibodies (i.e. antibodies to one epitope) can be artificially produced by creating Hybridomas?
  5. What cell type in the innate immune system releases toxins that kill bacteria and parasites but also cause tissue damage?
  6. What cells are produced and present in the body and are not activated (dormant/G0 phase)?
  7. What do activated T-cells interact with?
  8. Defence system that acts immediately or within hours of a pathogens appearance.
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  1. What serine proteases triggers programmed cell death?
  2. ... of the Antibodies can inactivate the pathogen in a number of ways.
  3. What do cells infected with pathogens activate?
  4. What is the cell that is made specific for a particular antigen?
  5. What are attenuated virus/bacteria that trigger an immune response and memory cells?
  6. What is a transmembrane glycoprotein that is a co‐receptor that assists the T cell receptor (TCR) in communicating with an antigen‐presenting cell?
  7. Another word for antibodies.
  8. Cells that are derived from undifferentiated stem cells (in bone marrow or fetal liver).
  9. What is cell division?

17 Clues: What is cell division? • Another word for antibodies. • What stimulates helper T cells? • What is a (mostly) Y shaped protein? • One type of immune response in mammals. • What do activated T-cells interact with? • What do cells infected with pathogens activate? • What serine proteases triggers programmed cell death? • ...

Daniel Collins n10259791 2018-08-08

Daniel Collins n10259791 crossword puzzle
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  1. cancer cells are not prokaryotic, instead they are __________
  2. how a cancer cell is sustained
  3. the most common type of cancer cell
  4. they ignore these chemical messages from other cells
  5. cancer cells do not repair themselves or die instead they _____________
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  1. the surface molecules become lost and the cancer cell becomes ________
  2. cancer cells do not become ___________ like ordinary (e.g. blood cells, neurons, etc.)
  3. cancer cells do not require this molecule that is used in respiration
  4. unlike regular cells which are structured and systematic, cancer cells are ____________
  5. invisible to ______ cells (white blood cells)
  6. uncontrolled division of abnormal cells
  7. have multiple of this organelle

12 Clues: how a cancer cell is sustained • have multiple of this organelle • the most common type of cancer cell • uncontrolled division of abnormal cells • invisible to ______ cells (white blood cells) • they ignore these chemical messages from other cells • cancer cells are not prokaryotic, instead they are __________ • ...

Anatomy of a Cell 2019-11-18

Anatomy of a Cell crossword puzzle
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  1. What recycles waste inside a cell?
  2. The third part of the cell theory says that all cells come from _______ cells. (hyphenated word)
  3. Makes food for a plant cell using energy from the sun.
  4. How many parts are there to the cell theory?
  5. Apparatus Packages and transports proteins within a cell.
  6. Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus?
  7. Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape.
  8. Endoplasmic Reticulum Processes the proteins that ribosomes make.
  9. Membrane Surrounds all cells and controls what goes in and out of it.
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  1. Plant cells store water and nutrients in what organelle?
  2. What is attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum to make it look like sandpaper?
  3. Small membrane bound sacs that transport materials around the cell and to the cell membrane.
  4. The _________ helps the cell to move.
  5. In what organelle does the process to make energy for the cell, otherwise known as cellular respiration, occur?
  6. Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell?
  7. A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells.
  8. Ribosomes make what for the cell?
  9. One of the eight characteristics of life states that for something to be alive, it must have what?
  10. Endoplasmic Reticulum Makes lipids, or fats, for the cell.

19 Clues: Ribosomes make what for the cell? • What recycles waste inside a cell? • The _________ helps the cell to move. • Cell DNA is only found in what type of cell? • How many parts are there to the cell theory? • Which of the two types of cells have no nucleus? • Breaks down waste and gives the cell it’s shape. • A jelly like substance on the inside of all cells. • ...

Cell Division vocabulary 2025-03-03

Cell Division vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Chromosomes two chromosomes, one of paternal origin, the other of maternal origin, that are identical in appearance and pair during meiosis
  2. a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half
  3. original amount of genetic information
  4. masses of cells
  5. homologous chromosomes exchange segments, producing combinations of
  6. proteins secreted by body cells that stimulate other cells to divide
  7. have half the normal number of chromosomes
  8. process by which cytosol, organelles, and cell membrane are physically divided
  9. If the tumor is encapsulated by other tissue and does not spread
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  1. of DNA
  2. If part of the tumor is able to break free and spread through the circulatory system of the body to other places to divide
  3. non-reproductive cells, divide through the process of mitosis
  4. a part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes in a cell nucleus are separated into
  5. Cancer cells disregard these normal controls and grow and divide uncontrollably,
  6. thread-like structures located inside the nucleus made of protein and a single
  7. contain a full set of 46 chromosomes
  8. reproductive cells, undergo mitosis then utilize a second process called meiosis
  9. identical sets of chromosomes, and each set ends up in its own nucleus
  10. unique to those of the original stem cell

19 Clues: of DNA • masses of cells • contain a full set of 46 chromosomes • original amount of genetic information • unique to those of the original stem cell • have half the normal number of chromosomes • non-reproductive cells, divide through the process of mitosis • If the tumor is encapsulated by other tissue and does not spread • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  2. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  3. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  4. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  5. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
  6. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  7. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  8. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
  9. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  10. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
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  1. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  2. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  3. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  4. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  5. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  6. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  7. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  8. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  9. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  10. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Nervous System 2025-09-29

Nervous System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  2. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.
  3. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  4. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  5. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  6. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  7. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  8. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  9. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
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  1. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  2. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
  3. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  4. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  5. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  6. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  7. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
  8. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  9. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  10. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  11. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle 2025-09-29

Nervous System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. – Largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions like thought and memory.
  2. – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells.
  3. – The functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of soma, dendrites, and axon.
  4. – The three protective connective tissue coverings around the brain and spinal cord.
  5. – Small phagocytic glial cells that act as immune defense in the CNS.
  6. – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths.
  7. – Ciliated epithelial-like cells lining the brain ventricles and spinal canal.
  8. – General term for non-neuronal supporting cells in nervous tissue.
  9. – Small PNS glial cells surrounding neuron cell bodies in ganglia.
  10. – Star-shaped glial cells important in forming the blood-brain barrier.
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  1. – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons.
  2. – Chemical messengers released at synapses for neuron-to-neuron communication.
  3. – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli.
  4. – Aggregates of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.
  5. – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture.
  6. – Dense network of dendrites, axons, and glial processes filling spaces between nerve cell bodies.
  7. Cord – Elongated structure of the CNS conducting motor and sensory signals to and from the brain.
  8. Sheath – Insulating multilayered covering formed by glial cells around certain axons.
  9. – The long cytoplasmic process of a neuron that transmits impulses away from the soma.
  10. – Specialized junction where communication occurs between neurons.

20 Clues: – (repeat) Same as clue 1, ventricular lining cells. • – PNS glial cell that forms the myelin sheath around axons. • – Brain region coordinating movement, balance, and posture. • – CNS glial cells responsible for producing myelin sheaths. • – Branched cellular extensions specialized to receive stimuli. • ...

CELL STUDY 2020-11-02

CELL STUDY crossword puzzle
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  1. KNOB USED FOR ROUGH FOCUS
  2. PART OF MICROSCOPE USED TO CONTROL LIGHT AMOUNT
  3. MATERIAL TO BE VIEWED OR STUDIED
  4. STATED THAT ALL CELLS COME FROM OTHER CELLS
  5. INSTRUMENT USED TO SEPARATE CELL PARTS BY WEIGHT
  6. TO ENLARGE SOMETHING
  7. MADE OF MANY CELLS
  8. KNOB USED FOR FINE FOCUS
  9. PICTURE PRODUCED BY THE MICROSCOPE
  10. NAMED THE CELL
  11. STATED THAT ALL PLANTS ARE MADE OF CELLS
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  1. MATERIAL USED TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF CELL PARTS SO THEY ARE EASIER TO SEE
  2. BASIC UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
  3. PART OF SCOPE THAT HOLDS THE SPECIMEN
  4. TYPE OF MICROSCOPE USED TO VIEW LARGER SPECIMENS
  5. STATED THAT ALL ANIMALS ARE MADE OF CELLS
  6. MADE OF ONE CELL
  7. TYPE OF LENS FOUND ON THE NOSEPIECE
  8. TYPE OF MICROSCOPE THAT USES ELECTRONS INSTEAD OF LIGHT

19 Clues: NAMED THE CELL • MADE OF ONE CELL • MADE OF MANY CELLS • TO ENLARGE SOMETHING • KNOB USED FOR FINE FOCUS • KNOB USED FOR ROUGH FOCUS • MATERIAL TO BE VIEWED OR STUDIED • PICTURE PRODUCED BY THE MICROSCOPE • TYPE OF LENS FOUND ON THE NOSEPIECE • BASIC UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION • PART OF SCOPE THAT HOLDS THE SPECIMEN • STATED THAT ALL PLANTS ARE MADE OF CELLS • ...

Key Cells of the Innate Immune System 2026-02-17

Key Cells of the Innate Immune System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Circulating granulocyte that releases histamine
  2. Molecular pattern found on microbes but not host cells
  3. Tissue mast cell mediator responsible for vasodilation
  4. Circulating cell that differentiates into macrophages
  5. Granulocyte involved in parasitic defence
  6. First leukocyte recruited rapidly from blood during infection
  7. Reactive molecule used by phagocytes to kill microbes
  8. Innate lymphocyte that kills virus-infected cells
  9. Cytokine that promotes acute inflammation and vascular leak
  10. Cytokine responsible for induction of fever
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  1. Vascular change causing redness and heat
  2. Plasma protein cascade that opsonises microbes
  3. Coating of microbes to enhance phagocytosis
  4. Engulfment of particle by immune cells
  5. Molecules released from damaged host cells
  6. Physical barrier composed of keratinised cells
  7. Resident tissue phagocyte that detects pathogens via PRRs
  8. Lipid mediator derived from arachidonic acid
  9. Small signalling protein released to coordinate immune responses

19 Clues: Engulfment of particle by immune cells • Vascular change causing redness and heat • Granulocyte involved in parasitic defence • Molecules released from damaged host cells • Coating of microbes to enhance phagocytosis • Cytokine responsible for induction of fever • Lipid mediator derived from arachidonic acid • Plasma protein cascade that opsonises microbes • ...

Mitosis 2021-11-29

Mitosis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The double-stranded nucleic acid that stores genetic information; also known as deoxyribonucleic acid.
  2. The repeating series of events that a cell goes through during its life, including growth, DNA replication, and cell division.
  3. The coiled structure is made of DNA and protein that is present during cell division and visible with a light microscope.
  4. What stage is it when you have two separate cells each half of the original DNA?
  5. The multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryote with specialized cells that lack cell walls; member of the animal kingdom.
  6. What is an individual living thing?
  7. What stage is when the separation of cells begins?
  8. What is a reproductive cell produced during meiosis that has the haploid number of chromosomes?
  9. What is a process occurring before cell division in which DNA is copied.
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  1. The cell that contains a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
  2. What stage is where the cell gets the idea that it's time to divide?
  3. What is diploid that forms when two haploid gametes unite during fertilization?
  4. What is a phase in the cell cycle when DNA is replicated?
  5. What is an abnormal mass of cells that may be cancerous?
  6. The division of the nucleus in a eukaryotic cell, which occurs in four phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
  7. The diploid cell that forms when two haploid gametes unite during fertilization. Answer.
  8. The theory states that all living things are made up of cells, all life functions occur within cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells.
  9. Starting cell prior to cell division.
  10. Type of cell division in which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half and four haploid cells are produced..
  11. What is a simple duplication of a cell and all its parts?

20 Clues: What is an individual living thing? • Starting cell prior to cell division. • What stage is when the separation of cells begins? • What is an abnormal mass of cells that may be cancerous? • What is a phase in the cell cycle when DNA is replicated? • What is a simple duplication of a cell and all its parts? • ...

Exam 2 Prep 2025-08-05

Exam 2 Prep crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Organ where T cells are taught self-tolerance
  2. A virgin T cell that can no longer perform due to a lack of co-stimulation even though it has recognized its cognate antigen presented on a cell is said to be
  3. Cells that transport antigen to Peyer’s patches.
  4. Virgin T cells circulate through the secondary lymphoid organs but are not allowed in the _______.
  5. _________ selection tests T cells for tolerance of self.
  6. A group of chemical messengers secreted by helper T cells that serve to provide instructions to the rest of the immune stystem
  7. Somatic hypermutation and class switching happen in the ______ zone.
  8. Hypothesis that states that to survive both positive and negative selection in the thymus, T cells must have receptors that are ‘just right’.
  9. The secondary lymphoid organ that filters blood
Down
  1. Proteins found on many of the body’s tissues are ______ proteins.
  2. A lymphoid follicle that has grown and become the center of B cells development is called a _______ center.
  3. Peyer’s patches are an example of this type of secondary lymphoid organ (acronym).
  4. transcription factor produced by mTEC that drives expression of about 3000 different tissue specific antigens
  5. The component produced by CTLs that punches a hole into an infected cell’s membrane
  6. Receptors on NK surface that recognize class I MHC on healthy cells as a ‘don’t kill’ signal.
  7. A T cell expressing either CD4 or CD8, but not both is known as a _______ positive T cell.
  8. _________ selection is the process for testing T cells for MHC restriction.
  9. The specialized cytokines that choreograph immune cell movement in secondary lymphoid organs.

18 Clues: Organ where T cells are taught self-tolerance • The secondary lymphoid organ that filters blood • Cells that transport antigen to Peyer’s patches. • _________ selection tests T cells for tolerance of self. • Proteins found on many of the body’s tissues are ______ proteins. • Somatic hypermutation and class switching happen in the ______ zone. • ...

Paige's Oasis of Organelles! 2022-10-04

Paige's Oasis of Organelles! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Captures sunlight to make food by photosynthesis in plant cells
  2. Hard outside of plant cells that supports, protects, and gives shape to the cell.
  3. Stores food, water, and waste in eukaryotic cells.
  4. a body's internal healthy state of balance
  5. organisms made of many cells; can only be eukaryotic
  6. Tunnels/passageways that transport materials around the inside of eukaryotic cells (ER).
  7. Jelly-like fluid on the inside of all cells that moves and cushions organelles.
  8. a self-replicating material that is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes
Down
  1. made of only one cell; can be prokaryote or eukaryote
  2. contain chlorophyll and other light-sensitive pigments that captures solar energy
  3. Round structure in the center of eukaryotic cells that controls all cell activities.
  4. cell with a nucleus, so DNA is protected in the nucleus
  5. cell with no nucleus so DNA floats in the cytoplasm
  6. Semi-permeable "skin" of all cells that regulates entry and exit of materials into and out of the cell.
  7. Makes energy by respiration in eukaryotic cells.

15 Clues: a body's internal healthy state of balance • Makes energy by respiration in eukaryotic cells. • Stores food, water, and waste in eukaryotic cells. • cell with no nucleus so DNA floats in the cytoplasm • organisms made of many cells; can only be eukaryotic • made of only one cell; can be prokaryote or eukaryote • ...

Nervous Tissue 2019-12-10

Nervous Tissue crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nervous tissue also includes cells that do not________impulses, but instead support the activities of the neurons.
  2. The Schwann cells are underlain by the_______sheath.
  3. The axons are responsible for transmitting impulses over_______distances from cell body.
  4. It stimulates________contraction, creates an awareness of the environment, and plays a major role in emotions, memory, and reasoning.
  5. integration and________are the two major functions of nervous tissue.
  6. Supporting, or glia, cells bind neurons together and_______the neurons.
  7. In the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells are neuroglia cells that_______neuronal function by increasing the speed of impulse propagation.
  8. _______are supporting cells that provide physical sport, remove debris, and provide electrical insulation.
  9. Nervous tissue responsible for coordinating and________many body activities.
  10. When a neuron is sufficiently stimulated, it generates an action________that propagates down the axon towards the synapse.
  11. _______are highly specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct nerve impulses.
  12. The cell body is like a_______for the neuron.
Down
  1. The axon is surrounded by a whitish, fatty layer called the_______sheath.
  2. If enough neurotransmitters are released at the synapse to_________the next neuron.
  3. The signal is transmitted across the synapse by chemical compounds known as_________.
  4. Unipolar neurons have only a single process_________out from the cell body.
  5. The medullary sheath is interrupted at intervals by the_______of Ranvier.
  6. irritability and conductivity are their two major________characteristics.
  7. The main part of the cell, the part that carries on the_________functions, is the cell body.
  8. The________is the gap between nerve cells, or between a nerve cell and its target.
  9. Neurons categorized as________neurons have several dendrites and a single prominent axon.
  10. Dendrites are extensions, or processes, of the_________that carry impulses to the cell body.
  11. Outside the myelin sheath there is a cellular layer called the________.
  12. There are_______types of neuroglia.
  13. A typical neuron displays a distinctive_________.
  14. A typical neuron consists of dendrites, the cell body, and an_______.
  15. Dendrites are responsible for responding to_______.
  16. nervous tissue contains_______categories of cells.

28 Clues: There are_______types of neuroglia. • The cell body is like a_______for the neuron. • A typical neuron displays a distinctive_________. • nervous tissue contains_______categories of cells. • Dendrites are responsible for responding to_______. • The Schwann cells are underlain by the_______sheath. • ...

Bio-Homework-Crossword 2018-01-27

Bio-Homework-Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has a nucleus, sexual reproduction and are organelles
  2. contains 2 sets of 23 pairs of chromosomes to have a total of 43
  3. the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase
  4. long strands of DNA
  5. During mitosis, the ______ are called the mitotic spindle.
  6. during this phase the cell copies its DNA in preparation for mitosis.
  7. DNA
  8. the segment of DNA that codes for a trait
  9. these are suspended in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell
  10. During mitosis, spindle fibers attach to the ______ via the kinetochore
  11. contains 1 set of 23 of chromosomes
  12. only containing one set of dissimilar chromosomes in a cell or only have the genetic material necessary to form a complete an organism
  13. the final phase of cell division between anaphase and interphase
  14. the building blocks of life
Down
  1. is a visual representation of all the chromosomes found in an organism
  2. aids with all divisions in animal cells
  3. the death of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism’s growth and development
  4. these compounds are essential part of life they make up structural components like hair
  5. has no nucleus, non membrane bound and is binary fission
  6. any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cells.
  7. often mistaken for mitosis, this process is a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells
  8. creates the proteins that the cell need to help repair damage to the cell
  9. genetic material of an organism
  10. also known as germ cells
  11. only found in plant cells and is a structural layer
  12. parent cells reproduce two identical daughter cells
  13. the control center of the cell
  14. a gene that that controls one function, can exist in many different forms or variants are called…?
  15. first phase of mitosis

29 Clues: DNA • long strands of DNA • first phase of mitosis • also known as germ cells • the building blocks of life • the control center of the cell • genetic material of an organism • contains 1 set of 23 of chromosomes • aids with all divisions in animal cells • the segment of DNA that codes for a trait • only found in plant cells and is a structural layer • ...