skeletal system Crossword Puzzles

Bones and Skeletal Tissues 2023-12-18

Bones and Skeletal Tissues crossword puzzle
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  1. A raised or prominent part of the edge of a bone.
  2. to bear all or part of the weight.
  3. roughly cube shaped with vertical and horizontal dimensions approximately equal.
  4. connective tissue of the skeletal system. Its purpose is the cushion joints, allow for free movement of a joint, and provide structural support.
  5. the center portion of the skeleton. It is made up of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column.
  6. layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone.
  7. A line refers to a long, thin projection, often with a rough surface.
  8. a rounded protuberance at the end of a bone, serving as a place of attachment for ligaments, tendons, and muscles.
  9. an act of changing physical position or location.
  10. to keep safe from harm or injury.
  11. the cartilage that provides structural support to the nose.
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  1. purpose is to pad and protect (inside stomach, arms, legs, etc.)
  2. allows all blood cells to be replenished.
  3. rope from the muscle to the bone.
  4. small rounded point of a bone. It also refers to a nodule attached to bone, mucous membrane.
  5. This is the cartilage found in your respiratory system like the rings of cartilage in the trachea and bronchi.
  6. bones that act as a store for calcium.
  7. This type of cartilage provides firm but elastic support. Contains loosely packed collagen fibers and a generous amount of elastic fibers.
  8. the rounded projection on the articulating end of a bone, such as the ball portion of a ball-and-socket joint.
  9. purpose is to connect bones together.

20 Clues: rope from the muscle to the bone. • to keep safe from harm or injury. • to bear all or part of the weight. • purpose is to connect bones together. • bones that act as a store for calcium. • allows all blood cells to be replenished. • A raised or prominent part of the edge of a bone. • an act of changing physical position or location. • ...

Skeletal Crossword 2020-11-20

Skeletal Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tarsals
  2. sternum
  3. ilium
  4. pelvis
  5. mandible
Down
  1. cavity
  2. nasal
  3. humerus
  4. skull
  5. cervical
  6. cage

11 Clues: cage • nasal • skull • ilium • cavity • pelvis • humerus • tarsals • sternum • cervical • mandible

Animal Systems 2021-02-09

Animal Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. an infectious disease that enters your body through breathing.
  2. a liquid that carries blood cells.
  3. a type of muscle tissue that contracts involuntarily.
  4. the hard dense part of the musculoskeletal system.
  5. carries blood toward from the heart.
  6. carries blood away from the heart.
  7. a collection of similar cells that perform a function.
  8. circulates through the entire body.
  9. a large sheet of muscle underneath the lungs.
  10. starts the process of breaking down food.
  11. help move mucus and filter material.
  12. where gas exchange takes place between air and blood.
  13. a type of tissue made up of neurons.
  14. attach muscle to bones.
  15. connects your mouth to your stomach.
  16. a flexible cushion for bones.
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  1. a protein which carries oxygen.
  2. also called the windpipe.
  3. breathing in.
  4. also called the throat.
  5. a type of muscle tissue that must contract voluntarily.
  6. receive electrical signals.
  7. help with clotting.
  8. contains cells that produce digestive enzymes and acids.
  9. tiny vessels that allow diffusion.
  10. breathing out.
  11. send electrical signals to another nerve.
  12. holds bones together.
  13. a type of cell that can differentiate - become specialized.
  14. pumps blood
  15. a structure composed of different tissues working together.

31 Clues: pumps blood • breathing in. • breathing out. • help with clotting. • holds bones together. • also called the throat. • attach muscle to bones. • also called the windpipe. • receive electrical signals. • a flexible cushion for bones. • a protein which carries oxygen. • a liquid that carries blood cells. • carries blood away from the heart. • tiny vessels that allow diffusion. • ...

Body systems 2020-10-31

Body systems crossword puzzle
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  1. an involuntary muscle
  2. This type of muscle is attacked to the bones
  3. The basic workings of the nervous system depend a lot on tiny cells called
  4. type of muscle found in the heart
  5. bones store it and release it to the bloodstream
  6. voluntary muscles are controlled by the
  7. move body parts by contracting and relaxing
  8. This protects the brain
  9. joints that rotate or twist
  10. Olfactory cells in the mucous membranes lining each nostril react to chemicals you breathe in and send messages along specific nerves to the brain.
  11. the type of joint that only moves in one direction
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  1. underneath the middle of the forebrain, acts as a master coordinator for all the messages going in and out of the brain to the spinal cord.
  2. where two bones meet
  3. Tiny sacs at the end of bronchioles
  4. Another name for windpipe
  5. carries messages form the sensory organs
  6. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
  7. Voice box
  8. Tiny hairs in the nose
  9. another name for involuntary muscles
  10. Light entering the eye forms an upside-down image on the retina. The retina transforms the light into nerve signals for the brain.

21 Clues: Voice box • where two bones meet • an involuntary muscle • Tiny hairs in the nose • This protects the brain • Another name for windpipe • joints that rotate or twist • type of muscle found in the heart • Tiny sacs at the end of bronchioles • another name for involuntary muscles • voluntary muscles are controlled by the • carries messages form the sensory organs • ...

Skeletal Diseases, Conditions, & Procedures 2021-10-28

Skeletal Diseases, Conditions, & Procedures crossword puzzle
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  1. Inflamed fluid filled sac in the joint
  2. Abnormalities in shape/structure of children's bones due to vitamin D deficency
  3. prefix meaning a bone
  4. Displacement of a bone from its joint
  5. uric acid in the joints
  6. deformed and abnormally brittle bones (too much calcium)
  7. softening of adult bones due to a deficiency of vitamin D
  8. Removal of fluid from a joint
  9. pain in the bone
  10. natural arch of the foot rests on the ground (2 words)
  11. Tumor of bone tissue
  12. Infectious arthritis caused by a spirochete from a tick bite (2 words)
  13. Autoimmune disease of chronic inflamation of connective tissue
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  1. Bacterial or fungal infection of the bone
  2. lateral curvature of the spinal column
  3. Blood in the joint
  4. Pain in the joint
  5. Type of dwarfism; retarded cartilage and/or bone formation
  6. a correction of deformities of the skeletal system
  7. Dull ache in the lumbar region
  8. Study of bone disease
  9. Birth defect, lack of union between lumbar vertebra (2 words)
  10. Removal of part of a bone
  11. Infection of bone tissue
  12. bone death
  13. Porus and brittle adult bone tissue, lack of vitamin D
  14. abnormal enlargement of bones
  15. Pulled ligament

28 Clues: bone death • Pulled ligament • pain in the bone • Pain in the joint • Blood in the joint • Tumor of bone tissue • prefix meaning a bone • Study of bone disease • uric acid in the joints • Infection of bone tissue • Removal of part of a bone • Removal of fluid from a joint • abnormal enlargement of bones • Dull ache in the lumbar region • Displacement of a bone from its joint • ...

Urinary 2021-12-03

Urinary crossword puzzle
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  1. urine storage
  2. kidney lobation for Large ruminants
  3. loops of fenestrated capillaries within bowman's capsule
  4. substance in the urinary space
  5. kidney stage retained in fish and amphibians and forms duct system in male genitalia
  6. phagocytic support cells lying between fenestrated capillaries
  7. species with glands seen in the urinary bladder
  8. convey urine to bladder
  9. aldosterone action site
  10. densa specialized chemoreceptors in distal convoluted tubule
  11. efferent arteriole surrounding loop of henle
  12. nephron component found in the medulla
  13. structural and functional unit of the kidney
  14. tubule epithelium
  15. embryologic origin of the kidney
  16. development stage kidney also found in primitive organisms
  17. smooth muscle of the bladder found in the tunica muscularis
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  1. vasculature surrounding tubules
  2. embryologic origin of the urinary bladder and urethra
  3. major resorption site for glucose, Na, H2O, amino acids
  4. receptor affected by ADH secretion
  5. renin-secreting cells
  6. dilations of renal pelvis
  7. fused basal laminae of capillaries and podocytes
  8. muscle type seen in the distal urethra
  9. kidney lobation for carnivores
  10. epithelial lining of the ureter
  11. expel urine
  12. site of action for ADH
  13. dilation of proximal ureter

30 Clues: expel urine • urine storage • tubule epithelium • renin-secreting cells • site of action for ADH • convey urine to bladder • aldosterone action site • dilations of renal pelvis • dilation of proximal ureter • substance in the urinary space • kidney lobation for carnivores • vasculature surrounding tubules • epithelial lining of the ureter • embryologic origin of the kidney • ...

Nervous system 2019-11-15

Nervous system crossword puzzle
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  1. / autonomic and glands effector organs consist of smooth muscle and _____ muscle
  2. /SNS is the portion of the nervous system responsible for ______ body movement
  3. / _______ muscle is needed for somatic effector organs
  4. / sympathetic takes over to ______ activities
  5. / sympathetic division originates from ___ through L2
  6. / ________ movement consist of smooth and cardiac muscle
  7. / short pre-ganglionic and long _____ neuron transmit impulse from CNS to the effector
  8. / ____ controll involuntary movement and visceral activity
  9. / __________is one of the special function of somatic sens
  10. /______ glands will stimulate secretion during sympathetic and parasympathetics
  11. /lungs will be in _______ during sympathetic
  12. / Parasympathetic
  13. /SNS function is to sensing _____ stimuli
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  1. / are at the sympathetic trunk
  2. / one______ neuron is needed for somatic nerves
  3. / parasympathetic-housekeeping activities refer to _____
  4. / parasympathetic use ______ as a neurotransmitter
  5. / ________is one of the special function of visceral sensory
  6. /_______ activity consist of glands and other internal organs
  7. / heart rate and force of contraction will _____ during parasympathetic
  8. /blood vessel will ______ during sympathetic
  9. /Sympathetic
  10. /______ is to maintain daily necessary body functions
  11. /sympathetic-“fight or flight” response to _____stimulus
  12. / only _____ will sweat during parasympathetic
  13. / ________ and epinephirine are neurotransmitter to the effector organ
  14. stem / parasympathetic division originate from the _____ and S1 through S4

27 Clues: /Sympathetic • / Parasympathetic • / are at the sympathetic trunk • /SNS function is to sensing _____ stimuli • /blood vessel will ______ during sympathetic • /lungs will be in _______ during sympathetic • / sympathetic takes over to ______ activities • / only _____ will sweat during parasympathetic • / one______ neuron is needed for somatic nerves • ...

Anatomy 2013-04-10

Anatomy crossword puzzle
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  1. A collection of similar cells that perform a particual function
  2. They human body has 206 of these
  3. Is responsible for rotating the head
  4. This tissue supoorts, protects and binds together other tissues of the body
  5. Metabolism is so essntial to all living organisms because it does this to cells
  6. You have 30 of these in your face
  7. These muscles are smooth, involuntary and visceral
  8. This part of the muscle does not move
  9. White and red blood cells are produced by this system
  10. The aponeurosis is an example of one of these
  11. The largest and strongest bone of the face
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  1. The ___________ in massage is usually directed from insertion to origin
  2. Phase of cell metabolism that involves complex compunds being broken down into smaller ones
  3. A colorless jelly-like substancein a cell that contains food elements and water
  4. Study of the functions and activites performed by the body structures
  5. Thin layers of spongy bone on either of the outer walls of the nasal depression
  6. Two cells that are created in mitosis
  7. This bone forms the forehead
  8. A U-shaped bone
  9. The smallest and most fragile bones of the face

20 Clues: A U-shaped bone • This bone forms the forehead • They human body has 206 of these • You have 30 of these in your face • Is responsible for rotating the head • Two cells that are created in mitosis • This part of the muscle does not move • The largest and strongest bone of the face • The aponeurosis is an example of one of these • ...

Tissues 2022-09-07

Tissues crossword puzzle
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  1. a two word name for the areolar connective tissue under a mucous membrane
  2. the adjective of a tissue that makes blood
  3. The most common protein fiber in your body
  4. a scientific name that refers to platelets
  5. rod like bony structures inside a spongy bone
  6. The embryological origin of connective tissues
  7. What skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle have in common
  8. the living space/area of cartilage and bone cells
  9. The helper cells of the nervous system
  10. what we find in the intercalated discs of cardiac muscle and between smooth muscle cells (2 words)
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  1. A 'juvenile' cartilage cell
  2. The cell at the start of all connective tissue propers
  3. a chemical released by mast cells
  4. very long slender projection of a neuron
  5. A location where elastic cartilage is found
  6. scientific name of a red blood cell
  7. The concentric circles around the central canal of an osteon
  8. When we combine ground substance and protein fibers
  9. The name for the cell body of a neuron
  10. a protein fiber that is neither collagen nor elastic
  11. a location (plural) where one would find dense regular connective tissue

21 Clues: A 'juvenile' cartilage cell • a chemical released by mast cells • scientific name of a red blood cell • The name for the cell body of a neuron • The helper cells of the nervous system • very long slender projection of a neuron • the adjective of a tissue that makes blood • The most common protein fiber in your body • a scientific name that refers to platelets • ...

organ system 2022-05-25

organ system crossword puzzle
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  1. to digest food
  2. controls thoughts, memory, etc
  3. a subsystem of the circulatory system in the vertebrate body.
  4. relax and expand to store urine, and contract and flatten to empty urine through the urethra.
  5. Temporarily store food. Contract and relax to mix and break down food.
  6. your body's outer layer,
  7. carry food and liquid from your mouth to your stomach
  8. pumps blood from the heart to the lungs to get oxygen.
  9. help the body digest food and liquids.
  10. two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist.
  11. Their predominant function is contractibility.
  12. allows us to breathe
  13. your body's central framework.
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  1. highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory.
  2. Provides a protective barrier against mechanical, thermal and physical injury and hazardous substances.
  3. glands that help you breath.
  4. to produce eggs and sperm.
  5. to remove waste from the body.
  6. regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile.
  7. pumping blood around your body as your heart beats
  8. is a complex network of glands and organs.
  9. it fights invading germs in the blood

22 Clues: to digest food • allows us to breathe • your body's outer layer, • to produce eggs and sperm. • glands that help you breath. • controls thoughts, memory, etc • to remove waste from the body. • your body's central framework. • it fights invading germs in the blood • help the body digest food and liquids. • is a complex network of glands and organs. • ...

Autopsy Vocabulary 2023-05-22

Autopsy Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. first name of the first forensic pathologist
  2. last name of the subject of the first recorded autopsy
  3. a reason for an autopsy is if the death is considered ____
  4. a medieval coroner was usually a __
  5. self-digestion
  6. may be conducted after death on muscle tissue
  7. type of autopsy used for research or medical training
  8. non-blanchable
  9. handles legal side of autopsy, may also perform autopsy
  10. __ mortis stiffening of limbs after death
  11. big picture method
  12. needle used to sew a body back up
  13. bones with some cartilage remaining
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  1. a body removed after being buried
  2. __ mortis first postmortem sign
  3. BOD - ___ of decay
  4. murder taxes
  5. used to cut bones
  6. an autopsy table has running water to remove
  7. When forensic anthropologists analyze human remains, often all that is left is the ____ system
  8. last name of the person who wrote the hsi yuan chi lu
  9. another word for the bloated stage
  10. rash can indicate death by asphxiation
  11. top to bottom method
  12. after death blood and plasma
  13. __ mortis "coldness of death"
  14. used to open digestive tract
  15. moisture and heat will allow ___ bacteria to grow
  16. autopsy technician

29 Clues: murder taxes • self-digestion • non-blanchable • used to cut bones • BOD - ___ of decay • autopsy technician • big picture method • top to bottom method • after death blood and plasma • used to open digestive tract • __ mortis "coldness of death" • __ mortis first postmortem sign • a body removed after being buried • needle used to sew a body back up • another word for the bloated stage • ...

Unit 9 Vocabulary 2023-05-09

Unit 9 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. Conjugation A form of bacterial reproduction;temporary union of two bacterial organisms to exchange genetic material
  2. A virus that infects bacterium
  3. A seed that is produced by nonflowering plants; is not enclosed
  4. Fertilization that occurs outside of the body
  5. Reduced metabolism during extreme heat
  6. Reduced metabolism during cold months
  7. A non-living organism composed of nucleic acid, protected by a coat called a Capsid
  8. This is the male part of the flower; ex: Filament
  9. A learned behavior in which animals form a social attachment to another object
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  1. A SINGLE-celled organism; ex: Protist
  2. Works with the skeletal system the muscles help the body more and give us shape
  3. The uniting of the egg and sperm
  4. The state of internal body parts being stabilized; ex: Glucose Homeostasis
  5. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma
  6. A eukaryotic, microscopic organism which lives in moist environments
  7. Offspring developed inside a pouch
  8. Moves with flagella
  9. A seed that is produced by a flowering plant; enclosed within the ovary
  10. Resistance to a disease
  11. Fertilization that occurs in the embryo and is protected by the embryo

20 Clues: Moves with flagella • Resistance to a disease • A virus that infects bacterium • The uniting of the egg and sperm • Offspring developed inside a pouch • A SINGLE-celled organism; ex: Protist • Reduced metabolism during cold months • Reduced metabolism during extreme heat • Fertilization that occurs outside of the body • This is the male part of the flower; ex: Filament • ...

Chapter 4-Cells to Organ systems 2025-02-25

Chapter 4-Cells to Organ systems crossword puzzle
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  1. Groups of specialized cells that preform a function
  2. encloses the heart
  3. Second layer of skin
  4. two or more tissue types joined together to preform a function
  5. Epithelial tissue (GLANDS)
  6. enable movement of materials between cells (communication)
  7. includes skin/hair/nails/glands
  8. Epithelial tissue on the surface of the SKIN
  9. constancy within internal enviroment
  10. Stretch & bend, permit SOME movement between cells
  11. canvas of fibrous connective tissue
  12. noncellular layer beneath epithelial tissue
  13. involuntary movement/digestion
  14. specialized connective tissue with few living cells
  15. Transports materials (connective)
  16. homeostasis is maintained by...
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  1. secrete products into ducts (plural)
  2. outer layer of skin
  3. Seal plasma membranes together
  4. involuntary heart movement
  5. Tissue that stores fat and produces blood cells
  6. groups of organs that serve a function
  7. Embedded in a gel-like ground substance containes COLLAGEN
  8. Epithelial tissue that secretes MUCUS
  9. secrete hormones into the blood (plural)
  10. connective specialized (stores fat)
  11. aplifies events eg. Childbirth
  12. Multiple-layered
  13. 12th organ system
  14. specialized connective tissue with no blood
  15. Communication (nervous tissue)
  16. voluntary movement (muscle tisssue)
  17. Contains a lung

33 Clues: Contains a lung • Multiple-layered • 12th organ system • encloses the heart • outer layer of skin • Second layer of skin • involuntary heart movement • Epithelial tissue (GLANDS) • Seal plasma membranes together • aplifies events eg. Childbirth • Communication (nervous tissue) • involuntary movement/digestion • includes skin/hair/nails/glands • homeostasis is maintained by... • ...

GCSE PE 2025-07-16

GCSE PE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The point at which aerobic training begins, 60% of MHR.
  2. - Muscle fibre type that sprinters predominantly have - explosive movements.
  3. - Breathing Rate x Tidal Volume.
  4. - Method of training to improve aerobic endurance. Most suited to a marathon runner.
  5. - Function of the heart, where body temperature is controlled.
  6. - Training between 80-100% of your MHR.
  7. - The test for balance.
  8. - Volume of blood pumped out the heart per minute. Stroke Volume x Heart Rate
  9. - Using this principle of training to avoid boredom and prevent plateauing.
  10. - Weight training needs to be low weights and high repetitions.
  11. - Long term effect on a muscle. Grows bigger and stronger.
  12. - The ability to meet the demands of the environment
  13. - Movement happening at the shoulder during a cricket bowl.
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  1. - Muscle contraction where no movement takes place.
  2. - Energy consumed is more than energy expended.
  3. - Aids muscle growth and repair.
  4. - Source of energy such as pasta, rice and bread.
  5. - Attaches bone to bone
  6. - Blood vessel taking deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
  7. - Function of the skeletal system.
  8. - The test for power.
  9. - Making training match the sport and the needs of the individual.
  10. - Liquid found in and around joints to nourish and support movement.

23 Clues: - The test for power. • - Attaches bone to bone • - The test for balance. • - Aids muscle growth and repair. • - Breathing Rate x Tidal Volume. • - Function of the skeletal system. • - Training between 80-100% of your MHR. • - Energy consumed is more than energy expended. • - Source of energy such as pasta, rice and bread. • ...

Skeletomuscular 2026-03-17

Skeletomuscular crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where platelets and blood cells form
  2. bone that is light and full of holes (pores)
  3. a mineral stored in bone that is used in both nervous and muscle tissues
  4. the type of neuron that controls muscle cell responses
  5. a type of filament that needs to be moved so myosin heads can bind
  6. protects an animal from the outside and requires molting
  7. what a human embryo skeleton is made of
  8. the type of reticulum found in muscle cells
  9. the type of control that skeletal muscles are under in the nervous system
  10. the thin filament in muscle cells
  11. support structure for muscles to pull against
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  1. the name for a muscle cells
  2. connects bones together
  3. occurs when the body is stiff immediately after death due to muscle cell metabolism
  4. consists of the arms and legs
  5. where two bones meet
  6. the contraction unit of a muscle cell
  7. cells that create bone tissue
  8. skeleton found in invertebrates such as worms
  9. connects muscles to bones
  10. when bones lose density
  11. consists of the skull, vertebral column, and ribs
  12. a molecule needed for muscle cell contraction

23 Clues: where two bones meet • connects bones together • when bones lose density • connects muscles to bones • the name for a muscle cells • consists of the arms and legs • cells that create bone tissue • the thin filament in muscle cells • where platelets and blood cells form • the contraction unit of a muscle cell • what a human embryo skeleton is made of • ...

nervous system standard 1 2022-05-16

nervous system standard 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. / regulates involuntary motor functions such as activity of the heart, glands, and smooth muscle
  2. / the integrating and command center of the nervous system, consists of brain and spinal cord
  3. / part of brain that contains cell bodies involved in cerebral hemisphere functions like speech, memories, reasoning, etc.
  4. / pathways that descend from the frontal lobe down the spinal cord, allow for conscious motor movement
  5. / releases neurotransmitters to other neurons
  6. / location of nucleus in a neuron
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  1. / controls voluntary activities such as activation of skeletal muscles
  2. / part of neuron that conducts impulses away from cell body
  3. / carries impulses to all parts of the body, made of nerves that extend from brain and spinal cord
  4. / increases the speed of impulse transmission
  5. / conducts impulses towards cell body of neuron
  6. / produces myelin sheath around axons
  7. / part of brain that contains nerve bundles to and from the cortex, found in deeper tissues of the brain

13 Clues: / location of nucleus in a neuron • / produces myelin sheath around axons • / increases the speed of impulse transmission • / releases neurotransmitters to other neurons • / conducts impulses towards cell body of neuron • / part of neuron that conducts impulses away from cell body • / controls voluntary activities such as activation of skeletal muscles • ...

Nervous system 2022-08-05

Nervous system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Regular
  2. PNS
  3. Thought and volountary actions
  4. Coordination
  5. Regulates movement through control of skeletal muscles
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  1. Nerve that goes down spine
  2. CNS
  3. The decision
  4. Rest response
  5. Controls respiration and heartbeat
  6. Information messenger

11 Clues: CNS • PNS • Regular • The decision • Coordination • Rest response • Information messenger • Nerve that goes down spine • Thought and volountary actions • Controls respiration and heartbeat • Regulates movement through control of skeletal muscles

Systems of the Human Body 2024-01-29

Systems of the Human Body crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Evolves your body
  2. Blood
  3. Lungs
  4. Makes Energy
  5. Lets you move
  6. Body waste
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  1. Makes humans
  2. Protects important muscles
  3. Skin, hair, nails
  4. Protects against sicknesses
  5. Says you are in pain

11 Clues: Blood • Lungs • Body waste • Makes humans • Makes Energy • Lets you move • Evolves your body • Skin, hair, nails • Says you are in pain • Protects important muscles • Protects against sicknesses

Systems of the body 2025-12-17

Systems of the body crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bones, Cartilage
  2. Muscles
  3. Lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils
  4. Lungs, trachea
  5. Stomach, Intestines, Liver
  6. Male/Female organs
  7. Hair, Nails,Skin
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  1. Brain, spinal cord, nerves
  2. Glands
  3. Kidneys, bladder
  4. Heart, Blood vessels, blood

11 Clues: Glands • Muscles • Lungs, trachea • Bones, Cartilage • Kidneys, bladder • Hair, Nails,Skin • Male/Female organs • Brain, spinal cord, nerves • Stomach, Intestines, Liver • Heart, Blood vessels, blood • Lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils

Nervous System 2025-09-19

Nervous System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the term for the nervous system function that controls both voluntary movements of skeletal muscles and involuntary movements of smooth muscles?
  2. what is the term for the process in which nerves detect stimuli from the internal and external environment and send this information to the brain and spinal cord?
  3. What term describes the nervous system functions that are the basis for thought,memory,learning,and emotions?
  4. what is the term for the process in which the central nervous system processes sensory signals interprets them and decides on an appropriate response?
  5. What term describes the rapid involuntary reactions to stimuli like putting your hand away from a hot object where the signal bypasses the brain for a faster response?
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  1. What is the term for the process where the brain and spinal cord send commands to muscles and glands causing movement or secretion?
  2. what is the term for the electrical and chemical signals transmitted by neurons to communicate throughout the body?
  3. What term describes the process where the nervous system receives information from the environment and and body processes it in the brain and sends commands to muscles and glands to produces a response?
  4. What is the term for the nervous system function that regulates automatic body functions like heart rate,breathing,digestion,and sweating without conscious effort?

9 Clues: What term describes the nervous system functions that are the basis for thought,memory,learning,and emotions? • what is the term for the electrical and chemical signals transmitted by neurons to communicate throughout the body? • ...

genetics 2023-11-08

genetics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. needs low protein diet
  2. tests for 30-5- conditions
  3. recessive each parent carries mutated gene
  4. skeletal dysplasia
  5. recognizable patterns
  6. T21
  7. inappropriate happy behavior
  8. 45XO
  9. part of chromosome appears on another chromosome
  10. disorder of carbohydrate metabolism
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  1. one dominant, one r
  2. common x linked recessive disorder
  3. what is observable
  4. matched pair of chromomsomes
  5. T18
  6. Willi compulsive behavior, overeating
  7. neural tube defect
  8. loss of chromosome material
  9. T13

19 Clues: T18 • T21 • T13 • 45XO • what is observable • skeletal dysplasia • neural tube defect • one dominant, one r • recognizable patterns • needs low protein diet • tests for 30-5- conditions • loss of chromosome material • matched pair of chromomsomes • inappropriate happy behavior • common x linked recessive disorder • disorder of carbohydrate metabolism • Willi compulsive behavior, overeating • ...

skeletal & muscular systems 2023-12-07

skeletal & muscular systems crossword puzzle
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  1. muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal)
  2. of muscle attach to bones to provide movement
  3. allows muscles to return to its original shape
  4. ability to be stretched
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  1. when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick)
  2. muscles - provide attachment for the body - attach to bones - voluntary
  3. muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.)
  4. connect muscles to bone

8 Clues: connect muscles to bone • ability to be stretched • of muscle attach to bones to provide movement • allows muscles to return to its original shape • muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.) • when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick) • muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal) • ...

skeletal & muscular systems 2023-12-07

skeletal & muscular systems crossword puzzle
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  1. muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal)
  2. of muscle attach to bones to provide movement
  3. allows muscles to return to its original shape
  4. ability to be stretched
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  1. when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick)
  2. muscles - provide attachment for the body - attach to bones - voluntary
  3. muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.)
  4. connect muscles to bone

8 Clues: connect muscles to bone • ability to be stretched • of muscle attach to bones to provide movement • allows muscles to return to its original shape • muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.) • when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick) • muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal) • ...

Ingredients & Benefits 2026-09-02

Ingredients & Benefits crossword puzzle
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  1. Helps eliminate bad bacteria from the digestive system .
  2. Helps eliminate bad bacteria from the digestive system . Reduce stool odour.
  3. Herb with naturally occurring properties to reduce inflammation. Calms stress and anxiety, boosts immune system, reduces gas formation and relaxes the lining of the digestive tract.
  4. High soluble fiber content and antioxidant properties. It aids in digestion, promotes gut health, and provides valuable nutrients like lycopene, a potent antioxidant that can help protect cells from damage caused by free radicals .
  5. An essential amino acid for cardiovascular health, skeletal muscle function, and retinal health, and is vital for cats as they cannot synthesize it in sufficient amounts.
  6. Herb from the mint family, acts as a natural calming agent, supporting digestive health, and potentially reducing stress and anxiety .
  7. In small amounts, aids digestion, freshens breath, and even calming upset stomachs
  8. Minerals Improved absorption & bioavailability over non-chelated
  9. Promote a healthy gut microbiome, aiding digestion, improving nutrient absorption, and potentially boosting the immune system.
  10. Meal Ground form of dried alfalfa hay, being a source of protein, fiber, vitamins (A, C, D, K, and B vitamins), and minerals (calcium, potassium, zinc, and manganese)
  11. Support the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, which improves digestion, strengthens the immune system, and promotes overall gut health.
  12. They have high antioxidant, fiber, and vitamin content. They can support overall health, including immune function, brain function, and digestive health
  13. Potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.
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  1. A naturally occurring amino acid derivative that utilizes excess fat and turns it into energy.
  2. Boosts immune system and acts as a Prebiotic.
  3. Provide digestive health and immune support. These probiotics can improve gut microbiota balance, potentially reducing inflammation and protecting against infections.
  4. Helps aid in fat loss and rich in polyphenols .
  5. A beneficial bacteria supporting gut health and overall well-being by promoting a healthy microbiome, improving digestion, and boosting the immune system .
  6. Rich in inulin that helps with stool regularity and may aid in digestion. It acts as a prebiotic, nourishing beneficial gut bacteria and supporting a healthy digestive system . Feeds the good bacteria in the digestive system .
  7. A source of high-quality, digestible protein and essential amino acids. It also provides vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids that support various aspects of pet health, such as skin and coat health, bone development, and brain function.
  8. Source of the Omega-3 DHA (skin & coat, arthritic, immune boosting, learning ability) .
  9. Rich in content of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, and lignans. These nutrients can support skin and coat health, improve digestion, and provide anti-inflammatory benefits.
  10. Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin for joint health .
  11. A good source of fiber and beta-carotene, which converts to vitamin A in the body
  12. Fruit rich in antioxidants and Vitamin C. Cranberries contain tannins which help make them effective at preventing urinary tract infections by preventing bacteria from adhering to the urinary tract wall lining.
  13. In controlled amounts, it boosts the immune system, promotes digestive health, and acts as a natural repellent against fleas and ticks. It also contains antioxidants and can support cardiovascular health. A DPL wanting to add to its pet’s diet on their own, needs to consult their veterinarian first.
  14. Boosts the immune system, improves digestion, and offers a range of vitamins and minerals. Diuretic.
  15. A nutrient-rich algae that boosts the immune system, improving digestion, and supporting healthy skin and coat, thanks to its high protein, antioxidant, and essential nutrient content.
  16. Ginger calms the digestive system. Oregano is antimicrobial .

29 Clues: Potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. • Boosts immune system and acts as a Prebiotic. • Helps aid in fat loss and rich in polyphenols . • Helps eliminate bad bacteria from the digestive system . • Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin for joint health . • Ginger calms the digestive system. Oregano is antimicrobial . • ...

Biological Basis 2014-10-31

Biological Basis crossword puzzle
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  1. "When I am thirsty, hungry or in a state of reproducing, I am aware of _____'s existence. Who am I"?
  2. "Too little of me(____) is associated with depression and Obsessive-compulsive disorder".
  3. "My system is made up of nerves that connect to the skin, sensory organs & skeletal muscles".
  4. The part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body.
  5. The junction between two neurons.
  6. "Because of _____ in my cells, I run away when I see a dog attacking me".
  7. Portion of the Peripheral Nervous System that sends communication between the CNS & the Internal organs/Glands.
  8. A formation in the Brain-stem that plays a role in bodily & behavioral alertness.
  9. The part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body.
  10. The lobe that process visual input.
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  1. Involves in memory & emotions, particularly in aggression as a part of the Limbic System.
  2. Too much of you becomes associated with Schizophrenia, it affects my learning & movement.
  3. "Gateway to memory"
  4. The principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed location in some particular parts of the organ of the body.
  5. _____ increases the release of sugar from the liver into the blood, considering fight-or-flight responses.
  6. The body releases _____ in response to fear or trauma.
  7. I am a chemical messenger that carries & boosts signals between neurons & other cells in the body.
  8. Located in the Brain to function sleep, waking & dreaming.
  9. "I am starting to forget things, I may have Alzheimer's disease"! What am I lacking?
  10. Without _____, there will be no communicating of information between different neurons in your body.
  11. _____ activates tranquil functions, stimulating digestive enzymes into the Stomach.
  12. "What am I(____) if I say My right hemisphere is filled with creativity & the left hemisphere has analytic skills including language, Math & Science"?
  13. The "Little Brain". I coordinate movements.
  14. Lobe of the brain important for learning.
  15. Another name for a "Nerve Cell".

25 Clues: "Gateway to memory" • Another name for a "Nerve Cell". • The junction between two neurons. • The lobe that process visual input. • Lobe of the brain important for learning. • The "Little Brain". I coordinate movements. • The body releases _____ in response to fear or trauma. • Located in the Brain to function sleep, waking & dreaming. • ...

Nervous System Part I 2017-02-28

Nervous System Part I crossword puzzle
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  1. Largest glial cells of the CNS that helps maintain BBB
  2. This structural type of neuron is likely to be found as a sensory neuron in your skin
  3. This division of the autonomic system controls your “flight or fight” response
  4. This functional division delivers information FROM the CNS
  5. This is the end of the axon where neurotransmitters are released
  6. The cells with the ability to send electrical messages, generally cannot divide
  7. Phagocytes of the CNS
  8. This functional division brings information IN to the CNS
  9. This part of the neuron is the area the impulse travels along
  10. Myelinate axons of the CNS
  11. Produce cerebrospinal fluid
  12. This part of the neuron protects and insulates the axon, and is made from glial cells
  13. Made up of the brain and spinal cord (abbreviation)
  14. This structural type of neuron is uncommon and likely to be found in your retina
  15. A type of functional neuron that brings information to the CNS
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  1. This functional type of neuron only sends/receives messages from other neurons
  2. These projections of a neuron receive signals
  3. Cells that myelinate the axons of the PNS
  4. This functional type of neuron is associated with movement, while it controls muscles it can deliver messages to other effectors as well
  5. This division of the autonomic system is in control of “rest and digestion”
  6. Often a motor neuron this structural type of neuron is also the most common found in your brain
  7. These spaces between myelin sheaths help speed up the transmission of the signal along the axon
  8. This division of the efferent system controls primarily skeletal muscles
  9. These cells of the PNS wrap around neurons to support
  10. One of the two main components of the CNS
  11. A category of cells that provide support and protection for neurons
  12. The space in between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another where neurotransmitters are released and absorbed

27 Clues: Phagocytes of the CNS • Myelinate axons of the CNS • Produce cerebrospinal fluid • Cells that myelinate the axons of the PNS • One of the two main components of the CNS • These projections of a neuron receive signals • Made up of the brain and spinal cord (abbreviation) • These cells of the PNS wrap around neurons to support • ...

the nervous system 2025-12-11

the nervous system crossword puzzle
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  1. Na+ moves into the axon, raising charge to +40 mV.
  2. arc A simple neural pathway producing a rapid, involuntary response to a stimulus.
  3. membrane potential −70 mV; neuron is polarized with Na+ outside and K+ inside.
  4. of parasympathetic system Acetylcholine.
  5. potential All-or-none event where Na+ channels open and the neuron fires.
  6. Affects movement and pleasure; imbalances linked to schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease.
  7. Chemical messenger released by neurons to transmit signals across a synapse.
  8. potential Minimum charge needed to trigger an action potential (−55 mV).
  9. callosum Bundle of white matter connecting the two cerebral hemispheres.
  10. Junction between two neurons or between a neuron and an effector.
  11. function Found in the CNS; link sensory and motor neurons.
  12. Regulates homeostasis, hunger, thirst, temperature, and emotions.
  13. Relays visual and auditory information; controls eye movement and skeletal muscles.
  14. neuron function Carry information from sensory receptors to the CNS.
  15. Excites muscle cells, causing contraction; broken down by cholinesterase.
  16. Controls coordination, posture, reflexes, and fine motor skills.
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  1. Relay center between cerebrum, cerebellum, and the rest of the brain.
  2. K+ moves out of the axon, returning charge toward −70 mV.
  3. Regulates temperature, sensory perception, and mood; low levels linked to depression.
  4. period Time after an action potential when the neuron cannot fire again.
  5. Used in stress response; imbalances linked to anxiety, insomnia, hunger, and exhaustion.
  6. neuron function Carry information from the CNS to muscles, glands, and organs.
  7. nervous system Responsible for rest-and-digest; slows heart rate, promotes digestion and reproduction
  8. Natural painkillers that also affect emotional areas of the brain.
  9. released during stress Epinephrine and norepinephrine from the adrenal glands.
  10. types of neurons Sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons.
  11. of sympathetic system Norepinephrine.
  12. Major relay station for sensory information (except smell).
  13. oblongata Controls involuntary functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.
  14. of a neuron A nerve cell; the structural and functional unit of the nervous system.
  15. Three protective layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
  16. Controls intellect, memory, consciousness, and language.

32 Clues: of sympathetic system Norepinephrine. • of parasympathetic system Acetylcholine. • Na+ moves into the axon, raising charge to +40 mV. • Controls intellect, memory, consciousness, and language. • K+ moves out of the axon, returning charge toward −70 mV. • Major relay station for sensory information (except smell). • ...

Exam 5 Study Material (Topic 13,14,15) 2024-12-04

Exam 5 Study Material (Topic 13,14,15) crossword puzzle
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  1. ___ response to change in ventilation compared to metabolism
  2. carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
  3. store urine until voided from body
  4. ___ state: the time following a meal during which dietary nutrients are being absorbed
  5. involuntary release of urine, more common in women due to stress or urge
  6. arterial plasma H+ concentration is too low
  7. when stomach acid leaks into the esophagus because the sphincter muscle in the stomach acid relaxes at the wrong time.
  8. specialized capillaries in the kidneys that filter blood to produce urine
  9. the inactive form of pepsinogen (precursor to pepsin)
  10. arterial plasma H+ concentration is too high
  11. type of cells that synthesize and secrete androgens
  12. food moves toward the stomach by waves of muscle contraction
  13. ___ response to change in pH not due to change in ventilation
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  1. what is the reproductive organ in the male reproductive system
  2. a medicine that recedes the amount of acid procured by inhibiting proton pumps in the stomach
  3. type of cell that secretes Hal and intrinsic factor
  4. food on the tongue that is broken down by chewing and moved into the pharynx
  5. produces bile in the digestive system
  6. motion controlled by the somatic nerves to skeletal muscles in the mouth
  7. increases the surface area of the small intestine to help with digestion and absorption
  8. where the fetus develops
  9. cells that support the development of sperm cells inside the seminiferous tubules of the ovaries
  10. they all consist of a renal corpuscle and renal tubule
  11. type of cells that form layers around the oocyte (example: corona radiata)
  12. part of the female productive system that eggs are produced in
  13. cells inside the testes that produce testosterone
  14. digestive enzymes that break down proteins
  15. the name of the process of the formation of the egg
  16. space inside the follicle cell that makes menstruation easier for women
  17. tubes that transfer urine from the kidney to the bladder

30 Clues: where the fetus develops • store urine until voided from body • produces bile in the digestive system • digestive enzymes that break down proteins • arterial plasma H+ concentration is too low • arterial plasma H+ concentration is too high • cells inside the testes that produce testosterone • type of cell that secretes Hal and intrinsic factor • ...

LS9 S1 U2 2022-11-21

LS9 S1 U2 crossword puzzle
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  1. it fights off the foreign invaders in the body
  2. it protects the organs, provides shape support, stores materials, produces blood cells, and it allows movement.
  3. A structure with several tissues that work together to accomplish a function
  4. it takes in oxygen and it removes carbon dioxide and water.
  5. it take foods, digest them into smaller pieces, and remove indigestible food from body
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  1. it is a chronic disorder that affects how your body turns food into energy.
  2. it allow the body muscle to move
  3. it transport materials to cells and from cells.
  4. an organ that pumps blood for all your body parts
  5. the center of the nervous system that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch,vision etc.
  6. allow organism to reproduce
  7. it gathers and interpret information,it responds to information, and it helps maintain homeostasis.

12 Clues: allow organism to reproduce • it allow the body muscle to move • it fights off the foreign invaders in the body • it transport materials to cells and from cells. • an organ that pumps blood for all your body parts • it takes in oxygen and it removes carbon dioxide and water. • it is a chronic disorder that affects how your body turns food into energy. • ...

A long time ago 2019-11-05

A long time ago crossword puzzle
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  1. a round container used to serve food
  2. shape the skeletal system
  3. the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long time
  4. a tool with a heavy metal head used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails
  5. produces flames that send out heat and light, and produces smoke
  6. a weapon with a pointed tip, typically of metal, used for hunting.
  7. used for cutting and spreading food or other substances, or as a weapon
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  1. a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to do things
  2. a light container used for carrying things
  3. a large hole in the side cliff, or mountain
  4. hair-covered skin(s) of animals, removed from their bodies
  5. a tool used for chopping things specially tress (wood)

12 Clues: shape the skeletal system • a round container used to serve food • a light container used for carrying things • a large hole in the side cliff, or mountain • a tool used for chopping things specially tress (wood) • hair-covered skin(s) of animals, removed from their bodies • a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to do things • ...

Cell Organelles 2021-10-02

Cell Organelles crossword puzzle
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  1. controls and regulates the activities of the cell
  2. It is the medium for chemical reaction
  3. are the sites in a cell in which protein synthesis takes place
  4. separating gene regulation and transcription in the nucleus from translation in the cytoplasm
  5. help maintain water balance
  6. structure that serves many roles in the cell including calcium storage, protein synthesis and lipid metabolism
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  1. controls and regulates the activities of the cell
  2. organizes microtubules that serve as the cell's skeletal system
  3. responsible for the locomotion of the cell itself and the movement of the various organelles within it
  4. generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell's biochemical reactions
  5. transports and modifies proteins in eukaryotic cells
  6. help transport materials that an organism needs to survive and recycle waste materials
  7. biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment

13 Clues: help maintain water balance • It is the medium for chemical reaction • controls and regulates the activities of the cell • controls and regulates the activities of the cell • transports and modifies proteins in eukaryotic cells • are the sites in a cell in which protein synthesis takes place • organizes microtubules that serve as the cell's skeletal system • ...

Bones 2021-11-04

Bones crossword puzzle
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  1. the hard bone case that gives an animal's or a human's head its shape and protects the brain
  2. the lower jaw bone
  3. one of the five bones between the fingers and the wrist
  4. the outer of the two bones in the lower part of the human leg
  5. is the largest bone in the skeletal system.
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  1. a bone that curves round from your back to your chest
  2. the part of the body between the hand and the arm
  3. the long bone in the upper half of your arm, between your shoulder and your elbow
  4. the bone at the front of the knee joint
  5. the shoulder blade
  6. the line of bones down the centre of the back that provides support for the body and protects the spinal cord
  7. a long, thin bone in the lower part of your arm

12 Clues: the lower jaw bone • the shoulder blade • the bone at the front of the knee joint • is the largest bone in the skeletal system. • a long, thin bone in the lower part of your arm • the part of the body between the hand and the arm • a bone that curves round from your back to your chest • one of the five bones between the fingers and the wrist • ...

Bones 2021-11-04

Bones crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hard bone case that gives an animal's or a human's head its shape and protects the brain
  2. the lower jaw bone
  3. one of the five bones between the fingers and the wrist
  4. the outer of the two bones in the lower part of the human leg
  5. is the largest bone in the skeletal system.
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  1. a bone that curves round from your back to your chest
  2. the part of the body between the hand and the arm
  3. the long bone in the upper half of your arm, between your shoulder and your elbow
  4. the bone at the front of the knee joint
  5. the shoulder blade
  6. the line of bones down the centre of the back that provides support for the body and protects the spinal cord
  7. a long, thin bone in the lower part of your arm

12 Clues: the lower jaw bone • the shoulder blade • the bone at the front of the knee joint • is the largest bone in the skeletal system. • a long, thin bone in the lower part of your arm • the part of the body between the hand and the arm • a bone that curves round from your back to your chest • one of the five bones between the fingers and the wrist • ...

kennedis project 2020-12-12

kennedis project crossword puzzle
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  1. Oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange
  2. Processes foods
  3. temperature control
  4. Produces germ cells
  5. 11 organ systems
  6. Returns tissue fluid to blood
  7. Elimination of wastes
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  1. cells and proteins
  2. Responds to sensations
  3. filter blood and create urine
  4. Locomotion
  5. a group of tissues
  6. Transports oxygen
  7. Supports and moves body
  8. Regulates body functions

15 Clues: Locomotion • Processes foods • 11 organ systems • Transports oxygen • cells and proteins • a group of tissues • temperature control • Produces germ cells • Elimination of wastes • Responds to sensations • Supports and moves body • Regulates body functions • filter blood and create urine • Returns tissue fluid to blood • Oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange

Muscle Physiology 2020-03-11

Muscle Physiology crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of muscle contraction that occurs when the muscle lengthens
  2. muscle fibre types best for endurance activities (e.g. marathon)
  3. a structure that keeps tropomyosin over active binding sites on actin and binds to calcium when the muscle contracts
  4. a type of muscle contraction that occurs when the muscle shortens in length
  5. plasma membrane of skeletal muscle fibres
  6. a rod-shaped spiralling protein that blocks the active binding sites for myosin on actin
  7. a type of muscle contraction that occurs when the muscle length does not change
  8. glucose is the main energy source for this process
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  1. the energy provided by this process lasts 15 seconds
  2. thick filament
  3. site of ATP formation for aerobic cellular respiration
  4. region of a myofibril between two successive z discs, and is a functional unit of skeletal muscle
  5. muscle fibre type with intermediate glycogen stores (e.g. used for sprints)
  6. red pigment that stores oxygen, similar to haemoglobin
  7. the rate of fatigue of slow oxidative muscle fibres
  8. thin filament

16 Clues: thin filament • thick filament • plasma membrane of skeletal muscle fibres • glucose is the main energy source for this process • the rate of fatigue of slow oxidative muscle fibres • the energy provided by this process lasts 15 seconds • site of ATP formation for aerobic cellular respiration • red pigment that stores oxygen, similar to haemoglobin • ...

AP Psychology Unit 1 2026-06-01

AP Psychology Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. cells that transmit information throughout the nervous system and are responsible for behavior and mental processes.
  2. An inhibitory neurotransmitter that reduces neural activity and promotes relaxation.
  3. A neurotransmitter involved in reward, motivation, movement, and mood regulation.
  4. A hormone involved in the stress response, increasing heart rate and arousal.
  5. Psychoactive drugs such as marijuana that typically cause distortions in perception and/or cognition.
  6. perspective, A theoretical approach that explores how natural selection affects the expression of behavior and mental processes to increase survival and reproductive success.
  7. nervous system, The division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for the 'rest and digest' response that helps reduce anxiety and promote relaxation.
  8. nervous system, The division of the peripheral nervous system that governs involuntary processes such as heart rate and digestion.
  9. Neurotransmitters involved in pain relief and the experience of pleasure.
  10. nervous system, The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord that processes information and coordinates responses.
  11. Psychoactive drugs such as alcohol that typically decrease neural activity and slow down the central nervous system.
  12. potential, A rapid change in a neuron's membrane potential that allows it to transmit signals over long distances.
  13. nervous system, The division of the autonomic nervous system responsible for the 'fight or flight' response that contributes to feelings of anxiety.
  14. Psychoactive drugs that bind to receptors and discourage neural firing by blocking neurotransmitter effects.
  15. neurons, Neurons that transmit signals from the central nervous system to muscles to produce movement and behavior.
  16. nervous system, The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord that processes information and coordinates responses.
  17. The central organ of the central nervous system that processes information and controls body functions.
  18. Psychoactive drugs that bind to receptors and encourage neural firing by mimicking or enhancing neurotransmitter effects.
  19. transmittion,The process by which neurons communicate through the release and reception of neurotransmitters across synapses.
  20. principle, The rule that a neuron either fires completely or does not fire at all; there is no partial firing of an action potential.
  21. cord, The bundle of nerves extending from the brain through the vertebral column that is part of the central nervous system.
  22. A hormone that increases appetite and signals hunger to the brain, primarily produced in the stomach.
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  1. The process by which a neuron's membrane potential becomes less negative, moving toward or past zero, triggering an action potential.
  2. nervous system, The part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord that connects the central nervous system to the rest of the body.
  3. A chemical messenger released into the bloodstream that affects behavior and mental processes similar to neurotransmitters.
  4. studies, A research method that compares adopted children to their biological and adoptive parents to determine the effects of genes and environment on behavior and mental processes.
  5. cells, Cells in the nervous system that provide structure, insulation, communication, and waste transport to support neural function.
  6. studies, A research method that examines similarities in traits and behaviors among family members to determine the effects of heredity and environment.
  7. A compulsive pattern of psychoactive drug use that can create significant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is no longer consumed.
  8. studies, A research method that compares similarities and differences between identical and fraternal twins to determine the effects of genes on behavior and mental processes.
  9. message, A neurotransmitter signal that makes an action potential less likely by hyperpolarizing the receiving neuron.
  10. nervous system, The division of the peripheral nervous system that governs voluntary processes and skeletal muscle control.
  11. Genetic or predisposed characteristics that influence physical, behavioral, and mental traits and processes; also referred to as 'nature.'
  12. An excitatory neurotransmitter involved in learning and memory.
  13. External factors that one experiences, such as family interactions or education; also referred to as 'nurture.'
  14. message, A neurotransmitter signal that makes an action potential more likely by depolarizing the receiving neuron.
  15. A hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles and circadian rhythms.
  16. selection, The process by which traits that increase survival and reproductive success become more common in a population over time.
  17. A discriminatory application of evolutionary principles that seeks to improve human populations through selective breeding or genetic manipulation.
  18. A hormone that decreases appetite and signals satiety (fullness) to the brain, produced by fat cells.
  19. Neurons in the central nervous system that connect sensory and motor neurons and process information between them.
  20. A neurotransmitter involved in muscle movement, learning, and memory.

42 Clues: An excitatory neurotransmitter involved in learning and memory. • A hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles and circadian rhythms. • A neurotransmitter involved in muscle movement, learning, and memory. • Neurotransmitters involved in pain relief and the experience of pleasure. • A hormone involved in the stress response, increasing heart rate and arousal. • ...

Muscles and Muscle Tissue 2017-02-02

Muscles and Muscle Tissue crossword puzzle
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  1. narrow plate-shaped regions that separate neighboring sarcomeres
  2. a protein of muscle that together with tropomyosin forms a regulatory protein complex controlling the interaction of actin and myosin
  3. the filaments of myofibrils, constructed from proteins, principally myosin or actin
  4. the cytoplasm of a myocyte (muscle fiber)
  5. this and the protein, actin, make up the contractile units of a muscle
  6. generate force without changing the length of the muscle
  7. a muscle that opposes the action of another
  8. the shortening and thickening of a functioning muscle
  9. the decline in ability of a muscle to generate force
  10. the cell membrane of a striated muscle fiber cell
  11. layer of areolar connective tissue that ensheaths each individual myocyte (muscle fiber, or muscle cell)
  12. the fibrous tissue envelope that surrounds skeletal muscle
  13. Tubule a deep invagination of the sarcolemma
  14. A contracting muscle that is resisted or counteracted by an antagonistic muscle
  15. an iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates
  16. caused by minor muscle contractions in the area, or uncontrollable twitching of a muscle group that is served by a single motor nerve fiber
  17. a protein of muscle that forms a complex with troponin regulating the interaction of actin and myosin in muscular contraction
  18. the applied force, or effort, is used to move a resistance
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  1. this and the protein, myosin, make up the contractile units of a muscle
  2. a narrow and less dense zone of myosin filaments bisecting the A band in striated muscle
  3. muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will
  4. one of the cross striations in striated muscle that contain actin filaments and it appears light
  5. generate force by changing the length of the muscle
  6. the sheath of fibrous connective tissue surrounding the primary bundles of muscle fibers
  7. the basic unit of striated muscle tissue
  8. the point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves
  9. A muscle cell
  10. the attachment site that doesn't move during contraction
  11. the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles
  12. A very large fibrous protein that connects thick myosin filaments to Z discs in the sarcomere
  13. made up of a motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by that motor neuron's axonal terminals
  14. a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium
  15. one of the cross striations in striated muscle that contain myosin filaments and appear dark
  16. the thin, dark line in the center of the H band of a sarcomere

34 Clues: A muscle cell • the basic unit of striated muscle tissue • the cytoplasm of a myocyte (muscle fiber) • a muscle that opposes the action of another • Tubule a deep invagination of the sarcolemma • the cell membrane of a striated muscle fiber cell • generate force by changing the length of the muscle • the decline in ability of a muscle to generate force • ...

Unit 12 Crossword Puzzle 2016-05-28

Unit 12 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Master control center of the body
  2. Circulatory system transports ___ to all body cells
  3. O2 is poor blood is a ____ red that resembles blue
  4. The infection when the cerebrospinal fluid becomes infected meninges swell
  5. Disease that causes alveoli to disintegrate
  6. An EKG uses electrodes on the ____ to record the activity of the heart
  7. In a resting neuron, negative charge is ____
  8. ______ is the name of chronic cardiovascular disease
  9. Disease caused by the imbalance of serotonin
  10. Structure in nervous system that is branched, short and receive incoming messages from other cells or the environment
  11. The _________ circuit carries blood between the heart and rest of body
  12. The lobe that controls vision
  13. Cells take up O2 for the process of ___________
  14. The PNS division consists of ____
  15. Parts that control autonomic and homeostatic functions
Down
  1. The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle is called the ____ valve
  2. Which type of muscle helps veins move against the flow of gravity?
  3. _____ increases surface area to allow for more gas exchange
  4. Name of chemical that carries information from one neuron to another type of cell that will react
  5. The CNS division of the nervous system consists of the brain and ______
  6. ____ is a blood clot that forms in the absence of injury
  7. How many heart chambers do humans have?
  8. Breathing is an alternation of inhalation and _______
  9. Without oxygen the cells start to ____
  10. A synonym for epinephrine is _____
  11. Chemicals in cigarettes damage the mucus and _____
  12. The stem cell with carbohydrates on the surface that determine blood type are___
  13. Aquatic organisms have ____ for their respiratory surfaces
  14. _____ is where the digestive and respiratory systems meet
  15. The aortic semilunar valve transports blood from the left ventricle to the _____
  16. Two blood cells fell in love but alas it was all in ____

31 Clues: The lobe that controls vision • Master control center of the body • The PNS division consists of ____ • A synonym for epinephrine is _____ • Without oxygen the cells start to ____ • How many heart chambers do humans have? • Disease that causes alveoli to disintegrate • In a resting neuron, negative charge is ____ • Disease caused by the imbalance of serotonin • ...

Nervous System 2022-01-18

Nervous System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The part of the brain that coordinates movement and regulates temperature.
  2. The part of the brain that carries nerves between the brain and body.
  3. The root word Vertebr/o means
  4. The abbreviation HA stands for
  5. The meaning of the root word crani/o
  6. This part of the brain is responsible for Visual Perception
  7. This part of the brain Helps to organize, plan, and initiate ways to achieve a goal
  8. The root word ment/o means
  9. The abbreviation NICU stands for
  10. The root word Thalam/o means
  11. The meaning of the root word Cerebell/o
  12. The meaning of the prefix Polio-
  13. The root word Myel/o means
  14. The meaning of the root word Spin/o.
  15. The abbreviation REM stands for
  16. The abbreviation TBI stands for
  17. The prefix that means Four
  18. Nervous System That contains the Brain and spinal cord.
  19. The abbreviation EEG stands for
  20. The abbreviation ICP stands for
Down
  1. The Abbreviation PNS stands for
  2. The division of the system responsible for fight or flight mode
  3. The abbreviation CAT stands for
  4. The part of the brain that controls and produces Hormones
  5. The part of the brain that processes hearing and sound to put into memory
  6. The abbreviation LOC stands for
  7. The root word that means A section
  8. The Suffix -encephalus means
  9. The root word Neur means
  10. The abbreviation for SCI stands for
  11. The prefix that means Towards or near.
  12. Column
  13. The suffix -cephalus means
  14. This part of the brain controls REM sleep.
  15. The system responsible for Voluntary input and output and skeletal Muscles.
  16. The Abbreviation that means Lumbar Puncture.
  17. The root word Encephal/o means
  18. The root word lex/o means
  19. The part of the brain that is considered the life support of the brain.
  20. The prefix that means away from.
  21. The Root word Narc/o Means

41 Clues: Column • The root word Neur means • The root word lex/o means • The root word ment/o means • The suffix -cephalus means • The root word Myel/o means • The prefix that means Four • The Root word Narc/o Means • The Suffix -encephalus means • The root word Thalam/o means • The root word Vertebr/o means • The abbreviation HA stands for • The root word Encephal/o means • ...

Dr K's AS Unit 2 revision keyword crossword 2012-04-25

Dr K's AS Unit 2 revision keyword crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Series having the same functional group and general formula
  2. ____ fission is bond breaking where one electron from the bond goes to each atom forming radicals
  3. A species with an unpaired electron is called a
  4. ___ isomer have the same molecular formula, different arrangement of atoms
  5. Removal of a molecule from a saturated molecule to form an unsaturated molecule
  6. Accepts a pair of electrons from electron rich centre to form a covalent bond
  7. A reaction where an atom or group is replaced with another atom or group in a molecule
  8. The minimum energy required to break the bonds of reactants
  9. The reagent in a chemical reaction that is used up first is called the _____ reagent
  10. Enthalpy change giving heat to the surroundings. When enthalpy of reactants > enthalpy of products
  11. Heat content stored in a chemical system
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  1. Long chain molecules made up of monomers
  2. Donates a pair of electrons to a delta+ carbon forming a covalent bond
  3. Formula that shows only the carbon skeleton with the Hydrogens removed
  4. Enthalpy change takes in from surroundings. When enthalpy of products > enthalpy of products
  5. ____ isomers have the same structural formula, different spatial arrangement of atoms
  6. ____ fission is bond breaking where both electrons in the bond go to one atom forming ions
  7. The principle that states a system in equilibrium will shift the position of its equilibrium to minimise any change
  8. How easy a liquid turns to a gas
  9. Organic compound with single bonds only
  10. Increases the rate of a reaction by providing a route with lower Ea and comes out unchanged

21 Clues: How easy a liquid turns to a gas • Organic compound with single bonds only • Long chain molecules made up of monomers • Heat content stored in a chemical system • A species with an unpaired electron is called a • Series having the same functional group and general formula • The minimum energy required to break the bonds of reactants • ...

Dr K's AS Unit 2 revision keyword crossword 2012-04-25

Dr K's AS Unit 2 revision keyword crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The reagent in a chemical reaction that is used up first is called the _____ reagent
  2. Enthalpy change takes in from surroundings. When enthalpy of products > enthalpy of products
  3. The minimum energy required to break the bonds of reactants
  4. ____ fission is bond breaking where both electrons in the bond go to one atom forming ions
  5. Removal of a molecule from a saturated molecule to form an unsaturated molecule
  6. A reaction where an atom or group is replaced with another atom or group in a molecule
  7. Organic compound with single bonds only
  8. Series having the same functional group and general formula
  9. ____ isomers have the same structural formula, different spatial arrangement of atoms
  10. Long chain molecules made up of monomers
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  1. A species with an unpaired electron is called a
  2. The principle that states a system in equilibrium will shift the position of its equilibrium to minimise any change
  3. Accepts a pair of electrons from electron rich centre to form a covalent bond
  4. Increases the rate of a reaction by providing a route with lower Ea and comes out unchanged
  5. ____ fission is bond breaking where one electron from the bond goes to each atom forming radicals
  6. ___ isomer have the same molecular formula, different arrangement of atoms
  7. Donates a pair of electrons to a delta+ carbon forming a covalent bond
  8. Enthalpy change giving heat to the surroundings. When enthalpy of reactants > enthalpy of products
  9. How easy a liquid turns to a gas
  10. Heat content stored in a chemical system
  11. Formula that shows only the carbon skeleton with the Hydrogens removed

21 Clues: How easy a liquid turns to a gas • Organic compound with single bonds only • Heat content stored in a chemical system • Long chain molecules made up of monomers • A species with an unpaired electron is called a • The minimum energy required to break the bonds of reactants • Series having the same functional group and general formula • ...

skeletal & muscular systems 2023-12-07

skeletal & muscular systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal)
  2. of muscle attach to bones to provide movement
  3. allows muscles to return to its original shape
  4. ability to be stretched
Down
  1. when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick)
  2. muscles - provide attachment for the body - attach to bones - voluntary
  3. muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.)
  4. connect muscles to bone

8 Clues: connect muscles to bone • ability to be stretched • of muscle attach to bones to provide movement • allows muscles to return to its original shape • muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.) • when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick) • muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal) • ...

skeletal & muscular systems 2023-12-07

skeletal & muscular systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal)
  2. of muscle attach to bones to provide movement
  3. allows muscles to return to its original shape
  4. ability to be stretched
Down
  1. when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick)
  2. muscles - provide attachment for the body - attach to bones - voluntary
  3. muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.)
  4. connect muscles to bone

8 Clues: connect muscles to bone • ability to be stretched • of muscle attach to bones to provide movement • allows muscles to return to its original shape • muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.) • when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick) • muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal) • ...

skeletal & muscular systems 2023-12-07

skeletal & muscular systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal)
  2. of muscle attach to bones to provide movement
  3. allows muscles to return to its original shape
  4. ability to be stretched
Down
  1. when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick)
  2. muscles - provide attachment for the body - attach to bones - voluntary
  3. muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.)
  4. connect muscles to bone

8 Clues: connect muscles to bone • ability to be stretched • of muscle attach to bones to provide movement • allows muscles to return to its original shape • muscles contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.) • when stimulated by nerves, able to contract (short and thick) • muscles muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal) • ...

Dance 2016-05-23

Dance crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This plane separates the body into front and back
  2. Diagonal movement of one upper limb with the opposite lower limb
  3. A motion in which two parts of the body on either side of a joint are moved farther away from each other
  4. A plane of the body that divides the body into upper and lower parts
  5. It is how muscles provide movement
  6. It is a vertical plane; divides in right and left halves
  7. When a joint moves a bone toward the midline of the body
  8. Symmetrical movement of two upper and/or two lower limbs at the same time
Down
  1. It is what muscles generate
  2. Best method to develop flexibility
  3. Rest, ice, compress, and elevate
  4. Movement of the upper limb and the lower limb on the same side in the frontal plane
  5. When a joint moves a bone away from the midline
  6. The motion of bending, or decreasing the angle
  7. the function of the skeletal system

15 Clues: It is what muscles generate • Rest, ice, compress, and elevate • Best method to develop flexibility • It is how muscles provide movement • the function of the skeletal system • The motion of bending, or decreasing the angle • When a joint moves a bone away from the midline • This plane separates the body into front and back • ...

The Human Body System 2025-01-20

The Human Body System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Creates waste products that have to be removed
  2. - produces urine, and gets rid of waste
  3. - allows humans to produce children
  4. - Made up of organs that break down food into protein, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and fats
  5. - transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to most of the tissues of a body
Down
  1. - pieces of soft tissue throughout your body
  2. - pumps blood through the blood vessels. Responsible for getting the oxygen to your muscles
  3. - includes the skin, hair, and nails
  4. - filters out organisms that cause disease, produces white blood cells
  5. - Made up of a group of organs that transport blood throughout the body
  6. - the control center of the nervous system and is located within the skull
  7. - All the glands of the body as well as the hormones the glands produce
  8. - made up of the brain, the spinal cord, and nervous
  9. - A network of organs and tissues in the body responsible for breathing
  10. - Made up of bones, ligaments and tendons

15 Clues: - allows humans to produce children • - includes the skin, hair, and nails • - produces urine, and gets rid of waste • - Made up of bones, ligaments and tendons • - pieces of soft tissue throughout your body • - Creates waste products that have to be removed • - made up of the brain, the spinal cord, and nervous • ...

Unit 2 - Let wild animals be wild 2023-10-31

Unit 2 - Let wild animals be wild crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose.
  2. depend on with full trust or confidence.
  3. a connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads.
  4. not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.
  5. an advantage or profit gained from something.
  6. if the specified thing does not prevent one from doing something.
  7. transport or carry to a place.
Down
  1. receive an advantage; profit.
  2. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
  3. a soft white limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures.
  4. make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.
  5. (of a situation or event) include (something) as a necessary part or result.
  6. give authorization or consent to (someone) to do something.
  7. a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim.
  8. intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

15 Clues: receive an advantage; profit. • transport or carry to a place. • depend on with full trust or confidence. • an advantage or profit gained from something. • make (someone or something) different; alter or modify. • supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose. • give authorization or consent to (someone) to do something. • ...

wellness 2024-02-01

wellness crossword puzzle
Across
  1. voice box
  2. The process of creating bone, that is of transforming cartilage into bone
  3. an organ about the size of your fist that pumps blood through your body
  4. The large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs.
  5. a framework for the shape of the body
  6. the very small air sacs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
  7. bone to bone
  8. can occur due to malnutrition, age, genetics, a lack of physical activity or certain medical conditions
Down
  1. muscular chamber that pumps blood out of the heart and into the circulatory system
  2. a dividing wall or membrane especially between bodily spaces or masses of soft tissue
  3. the act or process of breathing
  4. delicate blood vessels that exist throughout your body\
  5. muscle to bone
  6. a strong, flexible connective tissue that protects your joints and bone
  7. a passageway that extends from the base of the skull to the level of the sixth cervical vertebra

15 Clues: voice box • bone to bone • muscle to bone • the act or process of breathing • a framework for the shape of the body • delicate blood vessels that exist throughout your body\ • The large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs. • an organ about the size of your fist that pumps blood through your body • ...

VOCAB C Lesson 4 2025-05-14

VOCAB C Lesson 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 1. an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy.2. an analysis of something that is over
  2. the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing
  3. about to die or end
  4. branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement
  5. childish; immature
  6. 1. a person or thing of no importance 2. something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
  7. 1. childlike; unsophisticated 2. gullible
  8. 1. the basic element; the identifying characteristic 2. a susbstance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug 3. a perfume
  9. possessed at birth; inborn
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  1. a teacher
  2. 1.a rebirth; a renewal 2. the revival of humanism in fourteenths-century to sixteenth-century Europe
  3. 1. to shame 2. to discipline oneself by denial
  4. 1. a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding 2. a scholarly showoff
  5. emerging; coming into existence
  6. something that has a real or independent existance

15 Clues: a teacher • childish; immature • about to die or end • possessed at birth; inborn • emerging; coming into existence • 1. childlike; unsophisticated 2. gullible • 1. to shame 2. to discipline oneself by denial • something that has a real or independent existance • the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing • ...

Sports Injury 2017-01-08

Sports Injury crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / damage to the body.
  2. / there is an abnormal separation in the joint, where two or more bones meet.
  3. / a feeling of strain and pressure.
  4. / damage to small blood vessels which causes bleeding within the tissues.
Down
  1. / the connection made between bones in the body which link the skeletal system into a functional whole.
  2. / an injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of over-stretching.
  3. / the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress.
  4. / abrasion or puncture of the skin.
  5. / an injury in a joint, caused by the ligament being stretched beyond its own capacity.

9 Clues: / damage to the body. • / abrasion or puncture of the skin. • / a feeling of strain and pressure. • / damage to small blood vessels which causes bleeding within the tissues. • / there is an abnormal separation in the joint, where two or more bones meet. • / an injury in a joint, caused by the ligament being stretched beyond its own capacity. • ...

Nervous system 2019-11-15

Nervous system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. /sympathetic-“fight or flight” response to _____stimulus
  2. / heart rate and force of contraction will _____ during parasympathetic
  3. /_______ activity consist of glands and other internal organs
  4. /Sympathetic
  5. / sympathetic takes over to ______ activities
  6. /______ is to maintain daily necessary body functions
  7. / short pre-ganglionic and long _____ neuron transmit impulse from CNS to the effector
  8. / Parasympathetic
  9. / parasympathetic-housekeeping activities refer to _____
  10. / ________ movement consist of smooth and cardiac muscle
  11. /blood vessel will ______ during sympathetic
Down
  1. / only _____ will sweat during parasympathetic
  2. /SNS function is to sensing _____ stimuli
  3. / are at the sympathetic trunk
  4. /lungs will be in _______ during sympathetic
  5. / autonomic and glands effector organs consist of smooth muscle and _____ muscle
  6. /______ glands will stimulate secretion during sympathetic and parasympathetics
  7. / __________is one of the special function of somatic sens
  8. / parasympathetic use ______ as a neurotransmitter
  9. / ________ and epinephirine are neurotransmitter to the effector organ
  10. stem / parasympathetic division originate from the _____ and S1 through S4
  11. / _______ muscle is needed for somatic effector organs
  12. / one______ neuron is needed for somatic nerves
  13. /SNS is the portion of the nervous system responsible for ______ body movement
  14. / ________is one of the special function of visceral sensory
  15. / ____ controll involuntary movement and visceral activity
  16. / sympathetic division originates from ___ through L2

27 Clues: /Sympathetic • / Parasympathetic • / are at the sympathetic trunk • /SNS function is to sensing _____ stimuli • /lungs will be in _______ during sympathetic • /blood vessel will ______ during sympathetic • / sympathetic takes over to ______ activities • / only _____ will sweat during parasympathetic • / one______ neuron is needed for somatic nerves • ...

CARDIAC MUSCLE 2019-12-11

CARDIAC MUSCLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The heart acts as a ________ to propel blood.
  2. Cardiac muscle fibers are ________ than skeletal muscle fibers.
  3. Cardiac muscle fibers also possess many mitochondria and _______.
  4. Pacemaker cells are ________ to other cardiac muscle cells, allowing them to pass along signals.
  5. Cardiac muscle tissue is one of the three types of _______ tissue.
  6. Exercise can __________ your cardiac muscle.
  7. Pacemaker cells control the ________ of your heart.
  8. cardiac muscle has __________.
  9. ________ muscle is found in the heart wall.
  10. Cardiac cells have only a _________ nucleus.
Down
  1. When a cardiac muscle cell contracts, the ________ filament pulls the actin filaments toward each other.
  2. _________ of cardiac muscle is pumping blood.
  3. Your nervous system sends _________ to pacemaker cells that prompt them to either speed up or slow down your heart rate.
  4. The heart acts as a pump to propel blood through the _______ vessels.
  5. This through specialized cells called _______ cells.
  6. Cardiac muscle cells also contain _________.
  7. Involuntary heart ________ also a function of cardiac muscle.
  8. Cardiac muscle cells appear striated or striped under a __________.
  9. Cells joined end-to-end with ________ disk in between.
  10. Cardiac cells have only a single _________.
  11. Cardiac muscle also called heart muscle or ________.
  12. The cell uses ATP to ______ this contraction.

22 Clues: cardiac muscle has __________. • Cardiac cells have only a single _________. • ________ muscle is found in the heart wall. • Cardiac muscle cells also contain _________. • Exercise can __________ your cardiac muscle. • Cardiac cells have only a _________ nucleus. • The heart acts as a ________ to propel blood. • _________ of cardiac muscle is pumping blood. • ...

Medical Terms (RT NMU) 2021-01-05

Medical Terms (RT NMU) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a benign neoplasm originating from fat cell
  2. malignant epithelial neoplasm
  3. bloody defecation
  4. dorsal
  5. common
  6. insufficient oxygen supply
  7. human immunodeficiency virus
  8. a treatment using radiation
  9. an increase in amount of cell resulting from proliferation
  10. enlargement of the cerebral ventricles
  11. related to the lung
  12. a sideways curvature of the spine
  13. an autoimmune disease causing inflammation of the thyroid gland and resulting hypothyroidism
  14. a stage of excessive thyroid function
  15. a fungal infection caused by Candida species
  16. air
  17. chronic arsenic poisoning
  18. not cancerous
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  1. a benign neoplasm originating from skeletal muscle cell
  2. a test using sound waves to produce live images of the heart
  3. an inflammatory disease of the gallbladder
  4. an inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland
  5. a dimensionless unit universally used in computed tomography
  6. a surgical procedure removing the kidney
  7. malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origin
  8. an x-ray photograph
  9. increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells
  10. the formation of calcifications in the urinary system
  11. low blood sugar level
  12. an inflammation of the vermiform appendix
  13. toxic multinodular goiter
  14. acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  15. ventral
  16. stricture

34 Clues: air • dorsal • common • ventral • stricture • not cancerous • bloody defecation • an x-ray photograph • related to the lung • low blood sugar level • toxic multinodular goiter • chronic arsenic poisoning • insufficient oxygen supply • a treatment using radiation • human immunodeficiency virus • malignant epithelial neoplasm • a sideways curvature of the spine • a stage of excessive thyroid function • ...

Sports Medicine Cross Word 2016-06-10

Sports Medicine Cross Word crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the area that surrounds a joint like a sleeve
  2. connects bone to bone
  3. a thin fibrous cartilage between the femur and the tibia
  4. cruciate ligament/ resists posterior translation of tibia
  5. large bone in the anterior lower leg
  6. a piece of tissue coming from a donor's body
  7. to rebuild
  8. a piece of tissue coming from your own body
  9. where the joint straightens increasing the angle
  10. a muscle on the posterior side of the superior leg
  11. a tear in a muscle or tendon
  12. the spot where two bone come together to form movement]
Down
  1. smaller bone in lateral lower leg
  2. sesamoid bone typically known as your knee bone
  3. hinge joint between the upper and lower leg
  4. a muscle on the anterior side of the superior leg
  5. the large bone in the thigh
  6. cruciate ligament/ resists anterior translation of tibia
  7. on the same limb
  8. on the opposite limb
  9. connects muscle to bone
  10. a medical doctor specializing in the skeletal system
  11. where the joint bends decreasing the angle
  12. a tear in a ligament
  13. a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically

25 Clues: to rebuild • on the same limb • on the opposite limb • a tear in a ligament • connects bone to bone • connects muscle to bone • the large bone in the thigh • a tear in a muscle or tendon • smaller bone in lateral lower leg • large bone in the anterior lower leg • where the joint bends decreasing the angle • hinge joint between the upper and lower leg • ...

FOS II Week I and II 2020-10-02

FOS II Week I and II crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an enzyme that oxidizes
  2. Polysaccharide being broken down in a fasted state
  3. middle layer of the embryo, gives rise to skeletal muscle
  4. Injected into joints for arthritis
  5. a mutated protooncogene
  6. the form of nitrogen expelled by the body
  7. essential mineral needed to bind oxygen
  8. cofacter, carries carbons
  9. type of anemia due to lack of Vitamin B12
  10. for carboxylation
  11. transports fatty acids into the mitochondria
  12. The A or the B in the ABO blood system
  13. breaks down very long fatty acids
Down
  1. shape of an OxyHemoglobin dissociation curve
  2. proteases degrade these
  3. best in show for kidney stone pain
  4. The brain will use this when there is no glucose
  5. A defect in DNA repair mechanisms can lead to this
  6. endocannabinoid
  7. a drug that binds and activates a receptor
  8. vitamin A and calcium, for example
  9. TXA2 and PGE2, for example
  10. activates eicosanoids
  11. activates leukotrienes
  12. the larger of the two nucleotide types, related to mnemonic “PURe As Gold”
  13. G protein downstream of a tyrosine kinase receptor
  14. where blood cells are made
  15. complex carbohydrates bind to these
  16. largest component of blood (abbreviation)
  17. adipose
  18. location of N-linked glycosylation (abbreviation)

31 Clues: adipose • endocannabinoid • for carboxylation • activates eicosanoids • activates leukotrienes • an enzyme that oxidizes • proteases degrade these • a mutated protooncogene • cofacter, carries carbons • TXA2 and PGE2, for example • where blood cells are made • breaks down very long fatty acids • best in show for kidney stone pain • Injected into joints for arthritis • ...

OUR CHANGING CULTURES 2023-11-18

OUR CHANGING CULTURES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proud of to think highly of someone due to good behavior
  2. work done by hand
  3. dung Waste of a cow
  4. to move from one place to another
  5. skeletal system
  6. A relative who lived in the past
  7. (v.) draw together; unite firmly
  8. Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
  9. a social group made up of families or clans
  10. A large meal with many different types of foods
  11. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
  12. A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
  13. culture modern popular culture transmitted via mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.
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  1. a person who moves from place to place
  2. a monument or statue built in memory of a person or an event
  3. to come together
  4. Practices followed by the people of a particular cultural group.
  5. dance traditional dances that have been handed from one generation to another
  6. to do something special for an important event
  7. the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government
  8. music The music of the common people of a society or geographic area.
  9. moral beliefs
  10. ceremony
  11. values and beliefs passed from generation to generation

24 Clues: ceremony • moral beliefs • skeletal system • to come together • work done by hand • dung Waste of a cow • A relative who lived in the past • (v.) draw together; unite firmly • to move from one place to another • a person who moves from place to place • a social group made up of families or clans • to do something special for an important event • ...

Body Systems and Homeostasis 2023-03-16

Body Systems and Homeostasis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a process in which the outputs of a system are circled back and used as inputs
  2. carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs
  3. An organ that makes one or more substances
  4. sending signals into the bloodstream and tissues.
  5. cells that have the special ability to shorten or contract in order to produce movement of the body parts
  6. a complex network of glands and organs
  7. breaks large food molecules down into their chemical building blocks
  8. circulates blood and lymph through the body
  9. an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
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  1. relating to or affecting the muscles.
  2. blood vessel that carries blood to the heart from tissues and organs in the body.
  3. A state of balance among all the body systems
  4. feedbacks thats positive
  5. made up of the brain and spinal cord.
  6. feedback thats negative
  7. organs involved in producing offspring
  8. consisting of bones and other connective tissues,
  9. the network of organs and tissues that help you breathe
  10. organs that facilitate the removal of nitrogenous wastes from the body.
  11. take in food and liquids and break them down

20 Clues: feedback thats negative • feedbacks thats positive • relating to or affecting the muscles. • made up of the brain and spinal cord. • organs involved in producing offspring • a complex network of glands and organs • An organ that makes one or more substances • circulates blood and lymph through the body • take in food and liquids and break them down • ...

INTEGRATED OUTPUT IN MAPEH QUARTER 1 2022-10-24

INTEGRATED OUTPUT IN MAPEH QUARTER 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine or a health fraud.
  2. refers to an orginal piece.
  3. a general development
  4. Cezanne French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour
  5. refers to the relative lightness or darkness of a colour
  6. any voluntary movement produced by skeletal muscles.
  7. refers to why and how people eat.
  8. a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression.
  9. a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy.
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  1. a body movement without an effort of the participant
  2. a horizontal abstract painting which showcases different shades of yellow, and features broad strokes
  3. a medicine which contains natural ingredients from nature.
  4. doctor for cancer/treats cancer.
  5. system of massage used to relieve tension and treat illness
  6. involves your physical effort exerted into any muscular activity
  7. the third segment in Suite bergamasque.
  8. features high level of dissonance
  9. Treatment based on nutrition.
  10. a repeated pattern of a sound.
  11. method of controlling bleeding involving the use of a needle to apply pressure to a ruptured blood vessel.

20 Clues: a general development • refers to an orginal piece. • Treatment based on nutrition. • a repeated pattern of a sound. • doctor for cancer/treats cancer. • features high level of dissonance • refers to why and how people eat. • the third segment in Suite bergamasque. • a body movement without an effort of the participant • any voluntary movement produced by skeletal muscles. • ...

Simple Animals: Porifera & Cnidarian Crossword Puzzle Assignment 2025-09-22

Simple Animals: Porifera & Cnidarian Crossword Puzzle Assignment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The active immature form of an insect
  2. The simplest form of a sponge
  3. Capable of or producing contraction
  4. expelled
  5. in the sea
  6. Immobile
  7. An indivdual organism that posseses both male and female reproductive
  8. An opening into a vessel or cavity of the body
  9. A species where male and female reproductive organs are located on separate
  10. motility for many organisms and cells
  11. A small needle like structural element
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  1. Posseses both male and female reproductive
  2. A large aperture in a sponge through which water
  3. Something that lives,on or relating to a body of
  4. The free swimming flattend cialted biaterally symmetric larval
  5. The most complex sponge body plan
  6. A marine sponge with a synconoid canal system
  7. Long whip like cellular appendages that
  8. The free swimming bell or umbrella shaped jellyfish
  9. the small and microscopic organisms drifting or
  10. feeder feeding by filtering out plankton
  11. a flexible,protein based material that forms skeletal
  12. The large central cavity or space within the body of a
  13. A cylindricial sessile invertebrate animal that is typically attached to a
  14. An asexual reproduction method where a new genetically identical indvisual develops from an

25 Clues: expelled • Immobile • in the sea • The simplest form of a sponge • The most complex sponge body plan • Capable of or producing contraction • The active immature form of an insect • motility for many organisms and cells • A small needle like structural element • Long whip like cellular appendages that • feeder feeding by filtering out plankton • ...

Biology Words 2026-07-16

Biology Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Acronym used to represent the 7 life processes
  2. What the brain, lungs and skin are
  3. A single celled organism known for a jelly-like consistency and the ability to change shape
  4. The life process meaning something is able to multiply
  5. A single celled organism that is a decomposer and can ferment foods as it consumes them. Used to make bread
  6. Connected cells
  7. The life process relating to the consumption or creation of food
  8. Meat created from cells in a lab
  9. The life process that allows you to release energy from food
  10. The smallest building block in an organism
  11. Something that completes all 7 life processes is _______
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  1. The structure of the human body that enables us to move
  2. Something that was living but isn't any more
  3. The life process of getting larger in size while maturing
  4. A living thing is an ________
  5. The life process that causes you react to your environment
  6. An organism with only one cell is _________
  7. The Skeletal System is made up of these
  8. An organism with multiple cells is __________
  9. The life process that involves the removal of waste from a living organism
  10. Fire is __________

21 Clues: Connected cells • Fire is __________ • A living thing is an ________ • Meat created from cells in a lab • What the brain, lungs and skin are • The Skeletal System is made up of these • The smallest building block in an organism • An organism with only one cell is _________ • Something that was living but isn't any more • An organism with multiple cells is __________ • ...

Create a Crossword Puzzle For Chordates and Fishes 2021-01-08

Create a Crossword Puzzle For Chordates and Fishes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fin another term for tail fin.
  2. Line System Lateral line system, also called lateralis system, a system of tactile sense organs, unique to aquatic vertebrates from cyclostome fishes
  3. Bladder The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish
  4. (shark) Rhina ancylostoma, the bowmouth guitarfish, shark ray or mud skate, is a species of ray and a member of the family Rhinidae.
  5. Scales Placoid scales are the tiny, tough scales that cover the skin of elasmobranches, or cartilaginous fish—this includes sharks, rays, and other skates.
  6. the upper chamber through which blood enters the ventricles of the heart.
  7. a common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in vertebrates.
  8. Hagfish, of the class Myxini and order Myxiniformes, are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish.
  9. Finned Fish is a clade of the bony fish whose members are known as lobe-finned fish.
  10. one of two large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood received from an atrium towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs.
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  1. a structure that closes or covers an aperture.
  2. Fin each of a pair of fins situated on either side just behind a fish's head, helping to control the direction of movement during locomotion.
  3. commonly known as a "cold-blooded" animal, is one who cannot regulate its own body temperature, so its body temperature fluctuates according to its surroundings.
  4. (shark) Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays.
  5. also called ascidian, any member of the invertebrate class Ascidiacea
  6. Fin an unpaired fin on the back of a fish or whale, the tall triangular fin of a shark or killer whale.
  7. a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals.
  8. an ancient extant lineage of jawless fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, placed in the superclass Cyclostomata.
  9. a group of primitive chordates which were formerly called Amphioxus.
  10. Finned Fish ray-finned fish. Any of various bony fishes belonging to the subclass Actinopterygii, having fins supported by thin bony rays.

20 Clues: fin another term for tail fin. • a structure that closes or covers an aperture. • a group of primitive chordates which were formerly called Amphioxus. • also called ascidian, any member of the invertebrate class Ascidiacea • the upper chamber through which blood enters the ventricles of the heart. • ...

Jack 5 2023-01-30

Jack 5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Muscle connected to bones
  2. Cells work together
  3. Tissues work together
  4. Organ muscle
  5. Smooth outer layer
  6. Connects to spine
  7. Can control
  8. Hold muscle to bones
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  1. Does not connect to spine
  2. Supports and protects
  3. Holds bones to bones
  4. Body regulates itself
  5. Do not control
  6. Organs work together
  7. The basic unit of life
  8. Heart muscle

16 Clues: Can control • Organ muscle • Heart muscle • Do not control • Connects to spine • Smooth outer layer • Cells work together • Holds bones to bones • Organs work together • Hold muscle to bones • Supports and protects • Body regulates itself • Tissues work together • The basic unit of life • Does not connect to spine • Muscle connected to bones

Sandra’s crossword 2024-06-25

Sandra’s crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Giant half-brother
  2. Robbie’s sea-side domicile
  3. Stephenie who wrote twilight
  4. Green Italian plumber
  5. Sport with boundaries, 6’s and 4’s
  6. SA mother city
  7. Liverpudlian keeper
  8. ACOTAR question answerer
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  1. Golden province
  2. Prythian’s evil queen
  3. Marauder with stag animagus
  4. Phoebes green card husband
  5. Nintendo console
  6. Maternal
  7. Scarcely seen skeletal horse
  8. Robin hood’s animal alter ego
  9. Leonard’s girlfriend

17 Clues: Maternal • SA mother city • Golden province • Nintendo console • Giant half-brother • Liverpudlian keeper • Leonard’s girlfriend • Prythian’s evil queen • Green Italian plumber • ACOTAR question answerer • Robbie’s sea-side domicile • Phoebes green card husband • Marauder with stag animagus • Stephenie who wrote twilight • Scarcely seen skeletal horse • Robin hood’s animal alter ego • ...

Excitable Tissue - Muscles 2022-06-18

Excitable Tissue - Muscles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the transformation of glucose to lactate when limited amounts of oxygen (O2) are available
  2. the process of extracting energy from the carbohydrate sources such as fatty acids, amino acids.
  3. regulating the actin-myosin interaction of smooth muscle
  4. sarcomeric Ca2+ regulator for striated (skeletal and cardiac) muscle contraction.
  5. a basic rod-like organelle of a muscle cell
  6. calcium ions flow down this steep concentration gradient and enter the myocyte
  7. myosin head rotates to its low energy state, pulling the filament, shortening the sarcomere
  8. generated by the contractile element of the sarcomere, that is, the interaction between the myofibrils
  9. a superfamily of motor proteins best known for their roles in muscle contraction and in a wide range of other motility processes in eukaryotes
  10. made up of a motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by the neuron's axon terminals, including the neuromuscular junctions between the neuron and the fibres
  11. a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils.
  12. demonstrates the shortening of muscles due to the movement of the contractile proteins.
  13. actin-myosin bind is weakened and myosin detaches
  14. a muscle contraction without motion
  15. multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells
  16. a large family of integral components of actin filaments that play a critical role in regulating the function of actin filaments in both muscle and nonmuscle cells.
  17. describes the rapid communication between electrical events occurring in the plasma membrane of skeletal muscle fibres and Ca2+ release from the SR, which leads to contraction.
  18. myosin head hydrolyses ATP to ADP, moved back to high energy/cocked state
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  1. cell experiences a decrease of voltage due to the efflux of potassium (K+) ions along its electrochemical gradient.
  2. a complex network of specialized smooth endoplasmic reticulum that is important in transmitting the electrical impulse as well as in the storage of calcium ions
  3. myosin binds to actin binding site to form a cross bridge
  4. Contractions that involve shortening of the muscle
  5. the sudden reversal in electrical potential from negative to positive
  6. describes the amount of tension that is produced by a muscle as a feature of it's length.
  7. phosphorylated creatine molecule that serves as a rapidly mobilizable reserve of high-energy phosphates in skeletal muscle
  8. increasing heart rate increases contractile force
  9. invaginations of the plasma membrane, which are present exclusively in striated muscle. Their role is to maintain the SR calcium store under the tight control of membrane depolarization via the voltage sensor channel

27 Clues: a muscle contraction without motion • a basic rod-like organelle of a muscle cell • increasing heart rate increases contractile force • actin-myosin bind is weakened and myosin detaches • Contractions that involve shortening of the muscle • regulating the actin-myosin interaction of smooth muscle • myosin binds to actin binding site to form a cross bridge • ...

systems 2026-04-15

systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 6
  2. whitebloodcells
  3. ASE
  4. transport
  5. foodandabsorbed
Down
  1. equilibriumwithnbody
  2. supportandprotection
  3. pee

8 Clues: 6 • pee • ASE • transport • whitebloodcells • foodandabsorbed • equilibriumwithnbody • supportandprotection

Skeletal Muscles 2021-11-17

Skeletal Muscles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. prime mover of inspiration which occurs when the muscle flattens
  2. zygomaticus antagonist: depressor _____ ______
  3. longest muscle in the body
  4. compresses abdominal contents
  5. originates from the manubrium and medial portion of the clavicle
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  1. originates from temporal fossa main action involves closing the jaw
  2. flat sheet of tendons that connects the frontal and occipital bellies
  3. prime mover of arm flexion
  4. compresses cheeks (as in whistling)
  5. two headed muscle that inserts into the radial tuberosity
  6. muscle group that act together as the prime mover of back extension

11 Clues: prime mover of arm flexion • longest muscle in the body • compresses abdominal contents • compresses cheeks (as in whistling) • zygomaticus antagonist: depressor _____ ______ • two headed muscle that inserts into the radial tuberosity • prime mover of inspiration which occurs when the muscle flattens • originates from the manubrium and medial portion of the clavicle • ...

Cnidaria 2022-02-07

Cnidaria crossword puzzle
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  1. the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a coelenterate. adjective
  2. specialized cells that define the phylum Cnidaria
  3. a larval jellyfish, after it has separated from the scyphistoma
  4. the fixed polyp-like stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish, which reproduces asexually
  5. skeleton- the most prevalent skeletal system used by animals for movement and support
  6. a free-swimming coelenterate larva with a flattened ciliated, solid body
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  1. the lining membrane of the alimentary tract of an invertebrate
  2. pherical capsule produced exclusively by members of the phylum Cnidaria
  3. a gelatinous substance between the endoderm and ectoderm of sponges or cnidarians.
  4. cavity the primary organ of digestion and circulation in two major animal phyla
  5. one of two principal body types occurring in members of the invertebrate animal phylum Cnidaria
  6. an extra piece of tissue that grows inside the body.

12 Clues: specialized cells that define the phylum Cnidaria • an extra piece of tissue that grows inside the body. • the lining membrane of the alimentary tract of an invertebrate • a larval jellyfish, after it has separated from the scyphistoma • pherical capsule produced exclusively by members of the phylum Cnidaria • ...

AP Psych M9-11 2021-10-27

AP Psych M9-11 crossword puzzle
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  1. The brain's sensory control center
  2. Neurons within the brain and spinal cord, effectively connect signals between sensory and motor neurons
  3. oldest part and central core of brain, responsible for automatic survival functions
  4. Little brain
  5. A nerve cell
  6. natural opiate-like neurotransmitters that are linked to pain control and pleasure
  7. Neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
  8. Body's network consisting of all the never cells, in the CNS and the PNS
  9. X-ray photos that show a slice of the brain's structure
  10. bundled axons that form neural cables connecting the CNS with sensory organs, muscles, and glands
  11. Neuron extension that passes messages through its branches
  12. Covering of the axons on some neurons
  13. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands
  14. a neurotransmitters reabsorption by the sending neutron
  15. a technique that uses magnetic fields and waves to show the image of soft tissue
  16. Neural system linked to automatic survival needs, under the thalamus, and helps govern the endocrine system
  17. division of PNS that controls the body's skeletal muscles
  18. brain's imaging technique that measures magnetic fields from the brains natural electrical activity
  19. Tissue destruction
  20. Amount of time needed to retire neurons
  21. Set of glands that secret hormones into the bloodstream(slow chemical communication system)
  22. Neural center in the limbic system, helps process for explicit memory storage
  23. Part of limbic system linked to emotion
  24. The part of the cell that contains the nucleus
  25. A neurons reaction of firing or not firing
  26. Enables muscle action, learning, and memory
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  1. The division of automatic nervous system that calms the body
  2. feel good drug that affects mood, hunger, arousal, etc.
  3. Nerve network that travels from the brainstem through the thalamus, plays a role in controlling arousal
  4. Technique for revealing blood flow and brain activity
  5. Pair of endocrine glands that sit above the kidneys and secrete hormones that help arouse the body in times of stress
  6. Cells in the nervous system that protect, nourish, and support neurons
  7. Chemical messengers that are made by the endocrine glands
  8. Neurons that carry incoming info from body tissue and sensory receptors to the spinal cord and brain
  9. Automatic response to sensory stimulus
  10. chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gap between neurons
  11. Neural system associated with emotions and drives
  12. Division of autonomic nervous system that arouses the body
  13. the level of stimulation needed to trigger a neural impulse
  14. A molecule that inhibits a neurotransmitters action
  15. A molecule that increases a neurotransmitters action
  16. Extensions of the neuron that receives/integrates messages
  17. Part of PNS that control the muscles, and glands, of internal organs
  18. Rewarding drug that influences movement, learning, attention, etc.
  19. A neural impulse(brief exchange of electrical charges
  20. Sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system
  21. recording of waves of electrical activity sewing across the brain's surface
  22. Display of brain activity that detects the part of the brain active, using glucose.
  23. Controls heartbeat and beating
  24. Space between axon and dendrite
  25. The brain and spinal cord
  26. Helps coordinate movement and control sleep

52 Clues: Little brain • A nerve cell • Tissue destruction • The brain and spinal cord • Controls heartbeat and beating • Space between axon and dendrite • The brain's sensory control center • Covering of the axons on some neurons • Automatic response to sensory stimulus • Amount of time needed to retire neurons • Part of limbic system linked to emotion • ...

Body Systems Crossword Puzzle 2021-06-06

Body Systems Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This body system supports your body
  2. This body system helps you breath
Down
  1. This body system digests substances

3 Clues: This body system helps you breath • This body system digests substances • This body system supports your body

Organ System Crossword Puzzle 2022-06-08

Organ System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. skin and hair
  2. heart and blood vessels
  3. skull and ribs
  4. stomach and appendix
Down
  1. skeletal
  2. spleen
  3. lungs and airway
  4. brain and spinal cord
  5. uterus and fallopian tube
  6. glands
  7. bladder

11 Clues: spleen • glands • bladder • skeletal • skin and hair • skull and ribs • lungs and airway • stomach and appendix • brain and spinal cord • heart and blood vessels • uterus and fallopian tube

Intraoperative Care Chapter 19 2013-10-19

Intraoperative Care Chapter 19 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is a commonly administered dissociative anesthetic where the patient may appear catatonic
  2. Traditional surgical environment
  3. Has been found to reduce or eliminate hallucinations associated with ketamine
  4. Most severe allergic reaction
  5. Physician who performs the surgical procedure
  6. Anesthesia where there is a loss of sensation without loss of consciousness
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  1. RN who implements patient care during perioperative period
  2. RN who has graduated from an accredited nurse anesthesia program
  3. Anesthesia where there is a loss of consciousness and skeletal muscle relaxation
  4. Hyperthermia with rigidity of skeletal muscles that can result in death
  5. Injection of local anesthetic into the epidural space
  6. All members of the team stop what they are doing just before procedure starts to verify pt identification,surgical procedure, & surgical site
  7. Medical management of patients who are unconscious
  8. When the RN is not scrubbed, gowned,gloved, and remains in the unsterile field

14 Clues: Most severe allergic reaction • Traditional surgical environment • Physician who performs the surgical procedure • Medical management of patients who are unconscious • Injection of local anesthetic into the epidural space • RN who implements patient care during perioperative period • RN who has graduated from an accredited nurse anesthesia program • ...

muscular system 2021-05-21

muscular system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. they are responsible as lever systems in the body
  2. it is a a muscle connecting the sternum and the clavicle to the mastoid process of the skull
  3. they are primarily responsible for movement of substances in the body
  4. they are the muscle that pull together the leg
  5. it happens when you move your body
  6. a muscle only found in the heart
  7. they are the muscles that assist in movement by holding the origin stable
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  1. This is how many named muscles there are attached to bones
  2. it is the only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract
  3. it is the weakest of all muscle tissues
  4. It generates body heat
  5. muscle that is under voluntary control
  6. a muscle usually found in walls of some hollow organs
  7. they are what attaches bones to skeletal muscles
  8. it is the muscle that supinates the wrist by rolling it over to face palm up

15 Clues: It generates body heat • a muscle only found in the heart • it happens when you move your body • muscle that is under voluntary control • it is the weakest of all muscle tissues • they are the muscle that pull together the leg • they are what attaches bones to skeletal muscles • they are responsible as lever systems in the body • ...

P4 Science Post-T2WA Revision 2025-05-01

P4 Science Post-T2WA Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. which state of matter has a definite volume and definite shape
  2. When heat is added to a solid, it may ______ into a liquid.
  3. which state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape
  4. The amount of matter in an object is called its ______.
  5. Air is matter.(true/false)
  6. Digestion takes place in the mouth
  7. When a liquid loses heat, it changes into a ______.
  8. Matter takes up _________
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  1. ________ system gives your body its shape
  2. ________ has mass
  3. Steam is the ______ state of water.
  4. Volume of water in a beaker at first was 20cm3. After I put a stone in the beaker of the water, the water level read 70cm3. Find the volume of stone
  5. Digestion takes place in the gullet(true/false)
  6. A substance that can flow and takes the shape of its container is either a ______ or a ______. (Leave a “/“ in between the words. Must be in order.)
  7. ______ is absorbed from the undigested food in the large intestine

15 Clues: ________ has mass • Matter takes up _________ • Air is matter.(true/false) • Digestion takes place in the mouth • Steam is the ______ state of water. • ________ system gives your body its shape • Digestion takes place in the gullet(true/false) • When a liquid loses heat, it changes into a ______. • The amount of matter in an object is called its ______. • ...

COORDINATION 2022-03-15

COORDINATION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. muscle consists of a bundle of long muscle fiber. Each muscle fiber consists of hundreds of myofibrils.
  2. Its function is transmitting output impulse from CNS to muscles and glands.
  3. potential The membrane potential when axon is not transmitting any impulse.
  4. Synaptic terminal/knob is a small swelling at the terminal of a neuron contains synaptic vesicles with ______________ molecules.
  5. highly branched extensions that receive input and conduct toward cell body
  6. is a stimulant drug that affects dopamine synapse in the brain.
  7. conduction velocity depends on 3 factors : Axon diameter,Myelination of neuron and number of __________
  8. A nervous system which controls voluntarily responses
  9. ions when a neuron is not transmitting an impulse;
  10. If the depolarization reach ______________, -55mV trigger an action potential.
  11. concentration inside the neurons contains mostly
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  1. Gaps between myelin sheaths where signal jumps to next node
  2. voltage-gated sodium channels are closed Some voltage-gated potassium channels are still open/ slowly closed
  3. Conducts signals to and from the brain, controls reflex activities.
  4. potential The membrane potential when axon is transmitting impulse
  5. Comprised of sensory and motor neuron that connect CNS to receptors and effectors
  6. pumps During resting potential Na+ and K+ gradients are maintained by_____________
  7. junction is a synapse between terminals ends of motor neuron with skeletal muscle or smooth muscle
  8. Autonomic NS that dominant under stress or at time danger
  9. A nervous system which controls involuntarily activities of internal environment
  10. Autonomic NS that promote calming and return to normal
  11. ions when a neuron is not transmitting an impulse outside the neurons a higher concentration of

22 Clues: concentration inside the neurons contains mostly • A nervous system which controls voluntarily responses • Autonomic NS that promote calming and return to normal • Autonomic NS that dominant under stress or at time danger • Gaps between myelin sheaths where signal jumps to next node • ions when a neuron is not transmitting an impulse; • ...

Science Revision Crossword 2013-09-15

Science Revision Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the organ that produces hormones and detoxificates the body
  2. to bring within
  3. this cage like bone structure protects the lungs and heart
  4. these two organs are the bodies natural filter
  5. this vital organ recirculates blood throughout the body
  6. this chemical that plays a major role in photosynthesis
  7. the system that is a basic framework of the body
  8. one of the first countries to use the microscope for research
  9. an instrument used to see objects unseen to the naked eye
  10. the organ that breaks down foods and eaten products
  11. this pipe connects the larynx to the bronchi allowing foreign particles to be trapped and swallowed towards the stomach.
  12. the basic power plant of the cell
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  1. the bone structure that protects the brain
  2. this organ expels carbon dioxide and inhales oxygen for the blood stream
  3. this tube cycles de-oxygenated blood to the heart and lungs
  4. this tube carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the different parts of the body
  5. it pumps blood into the oxygen and extract carbon dioxide
  6. the system that chemical breaks down food products for absorption into the blood stream
  7. it is in the gallbladder to break down fat.
  8. something invertebrates don't have
  9. passageways that connect the windpipe to the left and right lungs
  10. this tube like muscle separates food for digestion and air ready to be breathed
  11. its function is to moisten and warm air for breathing
  12. this stuff resides inside the bone, and creates blood

24 Clues: to bring within • the basic power plant of the cell • something invertebrates don't have • the bone structure that protects the brain • it is in the gallbladder to break down fat. • these two organs are the bodies natural filter • the system that is a basic framework of the body • the organ that breaks down foods and eaten products • ...

Topic 5 Crossword - Will 2022-12-09

Topic 5 Crossword - Will crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
  2. abbreviated term for poliomyelitis, an acute disease affecting the skeletal muscles
  3. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
  4. a dam that is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments
  5. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and is highly polished
  6. government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes to boost the economy
  7. Buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
  8. a long period of rising stock prices
  9. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
  10. Aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
  11. radio broadcasts made by Pres. FDR to Americans
  12. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
  13. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
Down
  1. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
  2. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
  3. persistent and heavy demands by a bank’s depositors,creditors,etc.
  4. Projects such as highways and parks built with public funds for public use
  5. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid
  6. minor officers of the courts
  7. Closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bank runs
  8. Demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin

21 Clues: minor officers of the courts • a long period of rising stock prices • a homeless and usually penniless wanderer • radio broadcasts made by Pres. FDR to Americans • something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid • a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations • Aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need • ...

chapter 9 vocab Joel Horne 2021-04-05

chapter 9 vocab Joel Horne crossword puzzle
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  1. thick layer that is hard and dense but not solid
  2. outer layer of the skin
  3. chemical signals released by endocrine system
  4. skeletal muscle allows your body to react quickly
  5. soft connective tissue
  6. made up of bones in your body
  7. strong connective tissue more flexable than bone
  8. attached to bones of your skeleton
  9. basic unit of structure in a living thing
  10. work to control certain movements in your body
  11. 26 small bones that make up your backbone
  12. covers the surface of your body
  13. group of organs that work together
  14. release chemical signals directly into your bloodstream
  15. lightweight but still strong
  16. attatches the muscle to a bone
  17. contract or shorten
  18. signal in an environment
  19. directs and controls the process
  20. bones in your body
  21. openings that allow sweat to reach the surface
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  1. muscles under your conscious
  2. directs cells activities
  3. move from digestive system into the bloodstream
  4. strands of hair growth within the dermis
  5. pigment that colors the skin
  6. provides support for body
  7. outside border of cell
  8. made of strong connective tissue
  9. clear jelly like structure
  10. responsible for digesting food
  11. substance to get food your body needs
  12. condition which bones break easily
  13. Condition in an organisms internal enviroment
  14. provide force to move your bones
  15. tissue found only in your heart
  16. two bones come together
  17. group of similar cells that form a function
  18. what your body does to a stimulus
  19. structure made up of tissue
  20. reaction of your body to threatening
  21. 2 bones come together
  22. inner layer of the skin

43 Clues: bones in your body • contract or shorten • 2 bones come together • soft connective tissue • outside border of cell • outer layer of the skin • two bones come together • inner layer of the skin • directs cells activities • signal in an environment • provides support for body • clear jelly like structure • structure made up of tissue • muscles under your conscious • ...

2.1 Health Care Providers 2023-09-14

2.1 Health Care Providers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pertaining to the mind
  2. Serving patients who are able to walk
  3. The branch of medical science concerned with childbirth
  4. Patients/clients who do not require hospitalization but are under aphysician's care
  5. A healthcare plan or system that seeks to control medical costs
  6. To send to
  7. Substances given to make disease organisms harmless to the patient
  8. The diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders
  9. The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
  10. The medical specialty concerned with correcting problems with the skeletal system
  11. Continuing over many years and for a long time
  12. Treatment that uses water therapy for disease or injury
  13. Relating to the mother or from the mother
  14. Places designed or built to serve a special function
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  1. Elevation of the blood pressure
  2. Giving permission to carry on certain activities
  3. Dealing with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people
  4. Capable of passing from one person or thing to another
  5. Repairing or removing a body part by cutting
  6. Artificial parts made for the body
  7. Pertaining to the determination of the nature of a disease or injury by examining
  8. Gifts of property or money given to a group or organization
  9. Pertaining to the treatment of disease or
  10. The study of hearing disorders
  11. Fields of study or professional work
  12. Process that helps people recover their original abilities
  13. The study of urine and urinary organs in health and disease
  14. The method of adjusting the segments of the spinal column

28 Clues: To send to • Pertaining to the mind • The study of hearing disorders • Elevation of the blood pressure • Artificial parts made for the body • Fields of study or professional work • Serving patients who are able to walk • Pertaining to the treatment of disease or • Relating to the mother or from the mother • Repairing or removing a body part by cutting • ...

body systems 2022-04-13

body systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bones and movement
  2. absorbs nutrients
  3. growth and development
  4. first line of defense
  5. gas exchange
  6. contractions
  7. white blood cells
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  1. arteries and transports
  2. exits urine
  3. babies
  4. brain and spinal cord

11 Clues: babies • exits urine • gas exchange • contractions • absorbs nutrients • white blood cells • bones and movement • first line of defense • brain and spinal cord • growth and development • arteries and transports

___ system 2021-05-31

___ system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the condition of maintaining balance within the body in relation to its external environment and is vital for life
  2. regulate and maintain assorted functions of the body by releasing hormones into the bloodstream to maintain homeostasis
  3. movement, joint stabilization, heat generation, maintenance of posture, and the facilitation of blood circulation
  4. to protect us against diseases
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  1. perceiving information from inside the body and/or from the external environment and determining how the body responds to any changes
  2. is made up of all the nerves and ganglia found outside of the central ___ system
  3. locomotion, support of the body, and the protection of internal organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs, are also responsible for the production of red blood cells, platelets, and most white blood cells
  4. Some of the main organs involved in the ___ system include the
  5. are involuntary muscles that are responsible for the contraction of hollow muscles which include the stomach, intestines, bladder and uterus

9 Clues: to protect us against diseases • Some of the main organs involved in the ___ system include the • is made up of all the nerves and ganglia found outside of the central ___ system • movement, joint stabilization, heat generation, maintenance of posture, and the facilitation of blood circulation • ...

Anatomy 3 2013-10-11

Anatomy 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. breaks down food into nutrients and waste
  2. natural covering
  3. also known as ductless glands
  4. responsible for purifying the body by eliminating waste matter
  5. breathing out
  6. plays a major role in sexual development, sleep, and metabolism
  7. performs the function of producing offspring and passing on the genetic code from one generation to another
  8. enables respiration, consists of the lungs and air passages
  9. controls the steady circulation of the blood throughout the body
  10. excrete water and waste products
  11. digests food
  12. regulate blood calcium and phosphorus levels
  13. spongy tissues composed of microscopic cells in which inhaled air is exchanged for carbon dioxide in one breathing cycle
  14. controls metabolic processes of the body, including fight or flight response
  15. secretions such as insulin, adrenaline, and estrogen that stimulate functional activity or other secretions in the body
  16. muscular wall that separates the thorax from the abdominal region and helps control breathing
Down
  1. the external protective covering of the body
  2. serves as a protective covering and helps regulate the body's temperature
  3. removes waste created by digestion
  4. secretory organs that remove and release certain elements from the blood to convert them into new compounds
  5. m protects the body from disease by developing immunities and destroying disease-causing microorganisms
  6. blood plasma found in the spaces between the cells
  7. secretes enzyme-producing cells that are responsible for digesting carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
  8. controls metabolism
  9. digests food
  10. holds skeletal system in place; contracts and moves various parts of the body
  11. breathing in
  12. most complex organ of the endocrine system
  13. controls body's vision

29 Clues: digests food • breathing in • digests food • breathing out • natural covering • controls metabolism • controls body's vision • also known as ductless glands • excrete water and waste products • removes waste created by digestion • breaks down food into nutrients and waste • most complex organ of the endocrine system • the external protective covering of the body • ...

Relation between Cardiac Controls and Airflow 2021-04-13

Relation between Cardiac Controls and Airflow crossword puzzle
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  1. When the pressure of the lungs is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere, the respiratory system is in this state.
  2. These muscles help decrease the volume of the thoracic cavity by pushing the diaphragm upwards.
  3. The peak value of flow on a spirogram is called the _______.
  4. Flow rate is inversely proportional to this.
  5. This is a spirometer that uses flow rate to measure volume.
  6. The interaction of gas particles depend off flow profile, ___________, and dimensions.
  7. The _____ is the maximum volume above the tidal volume that we can inspire into our lungs.
  8. ___________ lung disease involves difficulty breathing due to narrowing of the airways or damage to the lung tissue.
  9. The external intercostals are involved in forced ______________.
  10. Lung volumes and lung capacities are measured in these units.
Down
  1. Signals from the ____________ nervous system control the tone of smooth muscle around the arterioles.
  2. Flow rates during exercise are _________ than the flow rates during tidal breathing.
  3. This type of person has a higher stroke volume at rest than a normal, less fit person.
  4. The __________ is the large muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities
  5. An increase in this corresponds to a shortening of the cardiac cycle
  6. Resistance of airflow is highest in the medium-sized ________.
  7. The ________________ is the product of heart rate and stroke volume.
  8. The number of lung capacities that together comprise the total lung capacity (TLC).
  9. The graph of lung volume over time is called this.
  10. During exercise, the _________ muscle receives the most blood flow.

20 Clues: Flow rate is inversely proportional to this. • The graph of lung volume over time is called this. • This is a spirometer that uses flow rate to measure volume. • The peak value of flow on a spirogram is called the _______. • Lung volumes and lung capacities are measured in these units. • Resistance of airflow is highest in the medium-sized ________. • ...

Health Care Providers 2023-09-14

Health Care Providers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Treatment that uses water therapy for disease or injury
  2. Methods used to keep the environment clean and promote health
  3. Relating to the mother or from the mother
  4. To send to
  5. Continuing over many years and for a long time
  6. Serving patients who are able to walk
  7. Artificial parts made for the body
  8. Repairing or removing a body part by cutting
  9. A healthcare plan or system that seeks to control medical costs
  10. Dealing with the problems and diseases of old age and aging
  11. The study of urine and urinary organs in health and disease
  12. Pertaining to the determination of the nature of a disease or injury by examining
  13. Patients/clients who do not require hospitalization but are under a physician's care
  14. Capable of passing from one person or thing to another
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  1. The diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders
  2. Pertaining to the mind
  3. The branch of medical science concerned with childbirth
  4. The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
  5. Giving permission to carry on certain activities
  6. Process that helps people recover their original abilities
  7. Gifts of property or money given to a group or organization
  8. Elevation of the blood pressure
  9. Pertaining to the treatment of disease or injury
  10. Fields of study or professional work
  11. The method of adjusting the segments of the spinal column
  12. The study of hearing disorders
  13. The medical specialty concerned with correcting problems with the skeletal system
  14. Places designed or built to serve a special function
  15. Substances given to make disease organisms harmless to the patient

29 Clues: To send to • Pertaining to the mind • The study of hearing disorders • Elevation of the blood pressure • Artificial parts made for the body • Fields of study or professional work • Serving patients who are able to walk • Relating to the mother or from the mother • Repairing or removing a body part by cutting • The diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders • ...

Animals & Human 2026-04-23

Animals & Human crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a cushion between bones that allow joints, such as elbows and knees to bend.
  2. system: a network made up of the heart, blood, blood vessels.
  3. animals have a hard layer that protects them on the outside.
  4. a group of cells with a specific function which makes the organs.
  5. are sharp, pointy, structures on the feet of mammals, reptiles, and birds. They are used for capturing, carrying, and tearing apart prey.
  6. external organs found in fish that extract oxygen from water as water flows around gills.
  7. controls the balance and coordination of the body.
  8. animals have backbones to help their body stand upside.
  9. acts as shields which the body use against harmful materials.
  10. a muscular organ pumps blood
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  1. blood vessels transport blood from different parts of the body to the heart.
  2. a thinking part of brain and controls our thoughts and imagination.
  3. body parts that perform particular functions.
  4. blood vessels deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to different parts of the body.
  5. tiny blood vessels circulate blood, oxygen, nutrients and other materials to the cells, and connect arteries and veins.
  6. system: a network made up of bones, cartilage that supports the body, gives it shape and protects the internal organs.
  7. is like an armor to help in protecting the animal. Its color helps the animals hide (camouflage).
  8. a type of bones protects brain
  9. animals do not have backbone.
  10. controls the body’s functions such as breathing, heart rate.

20 Clues: a muscular organ pumps blood • animals do not have backbone. • a type of bones protects brain • body parts that perform particular functions. • controls the balance and coordination of the body. • animals have backbones to help their body stand upside. • animals have a hard layer that protects them on the outside. • ...

Muscular System (Celeste Shorey) 2024-03-01

Muscular System (Celeste Shorey) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tendinitis is a condition in which a tendon becomes
  2. Strands of connective tissue that connect your skeletal muscles to your bones
  3. Muscle action that's not under your control
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  1. Muscle found in your heart and pumps blood around your body
  2. This muscle enables your bones to move
  3. A muscle that bends part of your body is called...
  4. When your arm bends what muscle is the flexor?
  5. Muscle found in the digestive tract and in the walls of blood vessels
  6. When your arm straightens what muscle is the extensor
  7. Muscle action that's under your control is

10 Clues: This muscle enables your bones to move • Muscle action that's under your control is • Muscle action that's not under your control • When your arm bends what muscle is the flexor? • A muscle that bends part of your body is called... • Tendinitis is a condition in which a tendon becomes • When your arm straightens what muscle is the extensor • ...

Physiology Crossword 2024-10-10

Physiology Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Dysmetria is seen in the lesion of _________.
  2. ________ cells are the only excitatory neurons in the cerebellar cortex.
  3. Inability to identify faces is known as _________.
  4. Caisson’s disease is also known as ________ sickness.
  5. Equilibrium potential for an ion is calculated by using ________ equation.
Down
  1. The intrafusal fibers of striated skeletal muscles are innervated by _______ type of motor neurons.
  2. Respiratory distress syndrome is due to a defect in the biosynthesis of Dipalmitoyl _________.
  3. Maximum fat absorption in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in _________.
  4. In skeletal muscle, actin is bound to Z line by _________.
  5. Micturition centre is present in which part of brain?

10 Clues: Dysmetria is seen in the lesion of _________. • Inability to identify faces is known as _________. • Caisson’s disease is also known as ________ sickness. • Micturition centre is present in which part of brain? • In skeletal muscle, actin is bound to Z line by _________. • ________ cells are the only excitatory neurons in the cerebellar cortex. • ...

Skeletal and Muscular 2021-11-09

Skeletal and Muscular crossword puzzle
Across
  1. moves arm across chest
  2. bend leg at knee
  3. flex torso
  4. raise your head and shoulders
  5. assist in breathing
  6. extends or lowers your foot when you walk
  7. straighten and raise leg
Down
  1. flexes ankle at foot
  2. moves legs together and apart
  3. raise your upper arm
  4. muscle bends leg at knee
  5. bend arm at elbow
  6. bend hand at wrist
  7. attaches your calf muscle to your heel bone
  8. lower your upper arm
  9. straighten your arm at the elbow
  10. straighten your hand at the wrist

17 Clues: flex torso • bend leg at knee • bend arm at elbow • bend hand at wrist • assist in breathing • flexes ankle at foot • raise your upper arm • lower your upper arm • moves arm across chest • muscle bends leg at knee • straighten and raise leg • moves legs together and apart • raise your head and shoulders • straighten your arm at the elbow • straighten your hand at the wrist • ...

Musculo-skeletal Disorders 2016-08-22

Musculo-skeletal Disorders crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This disease is caused by a deficiency in Vitamin D
  2. These drugs have anti-inflammatory activity and aid cartilage/synovial membrane metabolism
  3. Cancer of cartilage origin
  4. Musculoskeletal disorder of birds
  5. Necrotic bone fragments
  6. Common disorder of rabbits and guinea pigs
  7. Aids detection of disease of muscle fibers and associated nerves
  8. Another term for bone formation
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  1. Rickets causes this unusual clinical sign in the limbs of affected patients
  2. Arthritis can be subdivided into inflammatory, immune-mediated and...
  3. This disease is also known as Moller-Barlows disease
  4. Inflammation of a joint
  5. Also known as degenerative joint disease
  6. Inflammation of voluntary muscle
  7. Drainage of joints as a treatment or for diagnosis
  8. One of the treatments for this disease is anti-fungal medication
  9. A clinical sign of this disease is a waddling/bunny hopping gait

17 Clues: Inflammation of a joint • Necrotic bone fragments • Cancer of cartilage origin • Another term for bone formation • Inflammation of voluntary muscle • Musculoskeletal disorder of birds • Also known as degenerative joint disease • Common disorder of rabbits and guinea pigs • Drainage of joints as a treatment or for diagnosis • ...

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 2016-09-27

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Blockers that inhibit muscle contraction by a two step process
  2. Toxicity produces Malignant Hyperthermia
  3. Depressess the CNS
  4. Bezodiazepine agonist
  5. Biologic drug made by a living organism
  6. released from mast cells
  7. A benzodiazepine also used as a tranquilizer
  8. Short term treatment of Muscle spasm or pain
Down
  1. Relieve spasticity in Multiple sclerosis
  2. blockers that do not stimulate the receptors
  3. Treatment for Tetanus
  4. Direct-Acting relaxant
  5. Hydrolyzes actetylcholine
  6. Cholinergic receptors on the skeletal muscles
  7. Allows efficient conduction of action potentials
  8. inhibit or interrupt painful intermittent muscle contraction
  9. Principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain

17 Clues: Depressess the CNS • Treatment for Tetanus • Bezodiazepine agonist • Direct-Acting relaxant • released from mast cells • Hydrolyzes actetylcholine • Biologic drug made by a living organism • Relieve spasticity in Multiple sclerosis • Toxicity produces Malignant Hyperthermia • blockers that do not stimulate the receptors • A benzodiazepine also used as a tranquilizer • ...

Skeletal Muscle Movements 2026-06-28

Skeletal Muscle Movements crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Turning or facing downward
  2. Moving outward
  3. Turning of a bone toward the center of the body
  4. Bending the extremity at the joint and decreasing the angle of the joint
  5. Circular motion
  6. Toes point away from ankle
  7. Straightening the extremity at the joint and increasing the angle of the joint
  8. Turning of a bone on its own long axis
  9. Moving inward
Down
  1. Turning or facing upward
  2. Moving toward the midline
  3. Moving forward
  4. Moving backward
  5. Turning of a bone away from the center of the body
  6. Joint bends greater than 180 degrees
  7. Moving away from the midline of the body
  8. Toes draw upward to ankle

17 Clues: Moving inward • Moving forward • Moving outward • Moving backward • Circular motion • Turning or facing upward • Moving toward the midline • Toes draw upward to ankle • Turning or facing downward • Toes point away from ankle • Joint bends greater than 180 degrees • Turning of a bone on its own long axis • Moving away from the midline of the body • ...

Body Cavities 2021-09-07

Body Cavities crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Contains middle ear bones
  2. Located within the nose and divided into right and left portions of the nasal septum.
  3. A broad, thin skeletal (voluntary) muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity.
  4. The portion of the abdominopelvic cavity enclosed in the hip bones.
  5. upper abdominal and lower pelvic portion
  6. include teeth and tongue
Down
  1. organs within the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity
  2. eyes andassociated skeletal muscles and nerves
  3. A compartment that forms a boundary between thee right and left sides of the thoracic cavity.

9 Clues: include teeth and tongue • Contains middle ear bones • upper abdominal and lower pelvic portion • eyes andassociated skeletal muscles and nerves • organs within the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity • The portion of the abdominopelvic cavity enclosed in the hip bones. • Located within the nose and divided into right and left portions of the nasal septum. • ...

Muscular System 2025-10-27

Muscular System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Muscle type that works with bones to move and support your body
  2. Muscles that move without your input
  3. Muscles are made of thousands of these woven together
Down
  1. Muscles are organized by _____ type
  2. Muscle type that lines the insides of some organs and helps them function
  3. Muscles that move when you think about moving them
  4. Muscle type found only in the heart
  5. These attach skeletal muscles to bones

8 Clues: Muscles are organized by _____ type • Muscle type found only in the heart • Muscles that move without your input • These attach skeletal muscles to bones • Muscles that move when you think about moving them • Muscles are made of thousands of these woven together • Muscle type that works with bones to move and support your body • ...

Muscle Mania: Crossword Challenge! 2024-10-09

Muscle Mania: Crossword Challenge! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Muscles found in the intestines and blood vessels, working automatically
  2. The muscle on the back of your upper arm, opposite the biceps
  3. This muscle type keeps your heart beating and is involuntary
  4. Quick muscle movements that happen without thinking, like pulling away from something hot
  5. Muscles that work without you thinking, like your heart
  6. The muscle in the upper arm that helps you lift things
  7. These connect muscles to bones
Down
  1. The largest muscle in your body, found in the buttocks
  2. The appearance of skeletal muscles under a microscope
  3. These muscles are attached to bones and help you move

10 Clues: These connect muscles to bones • The appearance of skeletal muscles under a microscope • These muscles are attached to bones and help you move • The largest muscle in your body, found in the buttocks • The muscle in the upper arm that helps you lift things • Muscles that work without you thinking, like your heart • ...

1.2.1 & 1.2.2 Organ systems 2023-09-14

1.2.1 & 1.2.2 Organ systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. organ that regulates tissues to allow you to breathe
  2. filters waste material out of blood and pass them out the body as urine
  3. produces voluntary and involuntary movements; helps to circulate blood and move food through the digestive system
  4. produces hormones that act on target issues in other organs to influence growth, development, and metabolism
  5. regulates the body's response to changes in the internal and external environment; processes information
  6. brings in oxygen to cells, expels carbon dioxide and water vapor
  7. protects against infection, and UV radiation; regulates body temperature
  8. organ that controls thoughts, memories, vision, hunger, etc.
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  1. supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals
  2. breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salt, and water; transfers digested materials to the blood; eliminates some waste
  3. protects against diseases; stores and generates white blood cells
  4. transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste
  5. produces and transports reproductive cells; provides the environment embryonic development in females
  6. pumps blood through your body
  7. filters blood and eliminates waste product

15 Clues: pumps blood through your body • filters blood and eliminates waste product • transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste • organ that regulates tissues to allow you to breathe • organ that controls thoughts, memories, vision, hunger, etc. • brings in oxygen to cells, expels carbon dioxide and water vapor • ...

QUESTION 2: All about muscles /15/ 2024-09-12

QUESTION 2: All about muscles /15/ crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tissue’s ability to return to its original length and shape after an applied force is removed
  2. Bands of connective tissue that attach flat muscle to another muscle or several bones
  3. The muscles ability to lengthen or stretch
  4. Groups muscle fibers into bundles
  5. Bands of connective tissue that join bone to bone
  6. Muscle that produces the most force during a particular joint action
  7. A connective tissue that surrounds the muscle itself
  8. A muscle that opposes the prime mover
Down
  1. A muscle that aids the prime mover
  2. A thin layer of connective tissue that surrounds a skeletal muscle cell
  3. Surrounds the entire muscle and compartmentalizes various components of the muscle
  4. The ability of a muscle to respond to stimulus provided by the nervous system
  5. A thicker connective tissue that separates each fascicle from neighbouring fasciculi
  6. Narrow bands of connective tissue that connect muscles to bone
  7. The muscles ability to generate a pulling force, or shorten. In this way movement is generated

15 Clues: Groups muscle fibers into bundles • A muscle that aids the prime mover • A muscle that opposes the prime mover • The muscles ability to lengthen or stretch • Bands of connective tissue that join bone to bone • A connective tissue that surrounds the muscle itself • Narrow bands of connective tissue that connect muscles to bone • ...

Neuro 1 2023-01-25

Neuro 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. cranial nerve responsible for sensing smell
  2. subsection of nervous system consists of the cranial nerves, spinal nerves and ganglia
  3. type of receptor which senses pressure and touch
  4. part of the brain which houses respiratory and cardiac center
  5. subdivision of PNS which carries impulses from sensory receptors to to the CNS
  6. decrease in membrane potential where inside of membrane becomes less negative
  7. fissure which separates the two hemispheres of the brain
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  1. type of neurons which carry impulses from CNS to effectors
  2. subdivision of PNS motor division which conducts impulses from CNS to cardiac muscle
  3. order neuron responsible for transmitting impulses from the receptors of the skin to the spinal cord
  4. horn of the spinal cord which has somatic motor neurons and conducts impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles
  5. cortex of the brain in the cerebral hemispheres which is responsible for planning movement
  6. corpuscle which detects light pressure
  7. repolarization occurs when this substance flows out of the cell
  8. this substance moving in to the cell can cause depolarization

15 Clues: corpuscle which detects light pressure • cranial nerve responsible for sensing smell • type of receptor which senses pressure and touch • fissure which separates the two hemispheres of the brain • type of neurons which carry impulses from CNS to effectors • part of the brain which houses respiratory and cardiac center • ...

Muscle and Nervous Tissue 2022-10-22

Muscle and Nervous Tissue crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This muscle shows no cross stripes under microscopic magnification.
  2. Projections of neurons that receive signals from the environment or other neurons.
  3. The conducting region of the neuron
  4. It's an insulating sheath that covers the axon of many neurons and whose function is to speed up the nerve impulse.
  5. The main cell of the nervous system although it's not the most abundant.
  6. Gaps in the myelin sheath where it occurs the saltatory conduction.
  7. The ability to respond to a stimulus.
  8. The most abundant cell type in the nervous tissue.
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  1. The property of being able to contract reducing its dimension.
  2. The contractile unit of the muscle.
  3. The site of transmission of electric nerve impulses between two nerve cells (neurons) or between a neuron and a gland or muscle cell (effector).
  4. Each thick filament is composed of about 250 molecules of this protein.
  5. This protein forms thin filaments by polymerization.
  6. It is also called voluntary muscle
  7. This muscle exhibits rhythmic contractions and is not under voluntary control.

15 Clues: It is also called voluntary muscle • The contractile unit of the muscle. • The conducting region of the neuron • The ability to respond to a stimulus. • The most abundant cell type in the nervous tissue. • This protein forms thin filaments by polymerization. • The property of being able to contract reducing its dimension. • ...

Skeletal Diseases, Conditions, & Procedures 2021-10-27

Skeletal Diseases, Conditions, & Procedures crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Inflamed fluid filled sac in the joint
  2. Abnormalities in shape/structure of children's bones due to vitamin D deficency
  3. prefix meaning a bone
  4. Displacement of a bone from its joint
  5. uric acid in the joints
  6. deformed and abnormally brittle bones (too much calcium)
  7. softening of adult bones due to a deficiency of vitamin D
  8. Removal of fluid from a joint
  9. pain in the bone
  10. natural arch of the foot rests on the ground (2 words)
  11. Tumor of bone tissue
  12. Infectious arthritis caused by a spirochete from a tick bite (2 words)
  13. Autoimmune disease of chronic inflamation of connective tissue
Down
  1. Bacterial or fungal infection of the bone
  2. lateral curvature of the spinal column
  3. Blood in the joint
  4. Pain in the joint
  5. Type of dwarfism; retarded cartilage and/or bone formation
  6. a correction of deformities of the skeletal system
  7. Dull ache in the lumbar region
  8. Study of bone disease
  9. Birth defect, lack of union between lumbar vertebra (2 words)
  10. Removal of part of a bone
  11. Infection of bone tissue
  12. bone death
  13. Porus and brittle adult bone tissue, lack of vitamin D
  14. abnormal enlargement of bones
  15. Pulled ligament

28 Clues: bone death • Pulled ligament • pain in the bone • Pain in the joint • Blood in the joint • Tumor of bone tissue • prefix meaning a bone • Study of bone disease • uric acid in the joints • Infection of bone tissue • Removal of part of a bone • Removal of fluid from a joint • abnormal enlargement of bones • Dull ache in the lumbar region • Displacement of a bone from its joint • ...

Skeletal Diseases, Conditions, & Procedures 2021-10-28

Skeletal Diseases, Conditions, & Procedures crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Inflamed fluid filled sac in the joint
  2. Abnormalities in shape/structure of children's bones due to vitamin D deficency
  3. prefix meaning a bone
  4. Displacement of a bone from its joint
  5. uric acid in the joints
  6. deformed and abnormally brittle bones (too much calcium)
  7. softening of adult bones due to a deficiency of vitamin D
  8. Removal of fluid from a joint
  9. pain in the bone
  10. natural arch of the foot rests on the ground (2 words)
  11. Tumor of bone tissue
  12. Infectious arthritis caused by a spirochete from a tick bite (2 words)
  13. Autoimmune disease of chronic inflamation of connective tissue
Down
  1. Bacterial or fungal infection of the bone
  2. lateral curvature of the spinal column
  3. Blood in the joint
  4. Pain in the joint
  5. Type of dwarfism; retarded cartilage and/or bone formation
  6. a correction of deformities of the skeletal system
  7. Dull ache in the lumbar region
  8. Study of bone disease
  9. Birth defect, lack of union between lumbar vertebra (2 words)
  10. Removal of part of a bone
  11. Infection of bone tissue
  12. bone death
  13. Porus and brittle adult bone tissue, lack of vitamin D
  14. abnormal enlargement of bones
  15. Pulled ligament

28 Clues: bone death • Pulled ligament • pain in the bone • Pain in the joint • Blood in the joint • Tumor of bone tissue • prefix meaning a bone • Study of bone disease • uric acid in the joints • Infection of bone tissue • Removal of part of a bone • Removal of fluid from a joint • abnormal enlargement of bones • Dull ache in the lumbar region • Displacement of a bone from its joint • ...

Organ System 2022-05-24

Organ System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Receives and convey info about the current light-dark cycle from the environment
  2. The control system of the body.
  3. The Body's Central Framework.
  4. Makes the largest organ of the Human body.
  5. Pumps blood throughout the body.
  6. Holds stuctures together and stabilizes them.
  7. Transmiter from the Brain telling the body wjat to do.
  8. Breaks down food to absorb the energy and nutrients.
  9. Rids the body of waste.
  10. Helps with the developing of offspring.
Down
  1. Maintains the fluid levels in the body by removing the fluids that leak from the Blood Vessels.
  2. Removes wates, toxins, and exctra water from the bloodstream.
  3. Allows us to breathe.
  4. Making up the body's hormones it refulates the biological processes in the body.
  5. Makes enzymes to break down suger,fats, and starches.
  6. It is resposible for the body's movement.
  7. Helps with removing waste gases and moving fresh air in the body.
  8. The parts making the Human skeleton.
  9. The female reproductive gland.
  10. The body's external and first line of defense from viruses and bacteria.
  11. Produces Blood Cells.
  12. Delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells and takes away wastes.
  13. The male reproductive gland.

23 Clues: Allows us to breathe. • Produces Blood Cells. • Rids the body of waste. • The male reproductive gland. • The Body's Central Framework. • The female reproductive gland. • The control system of the body. • Pumps blood throughout the body. • The parts making the Human skeleton. • Helps with the developing of offspring. • It is resposible for the body's movement. • ...