Anatomy Excretory System

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Across
  1. 4. organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. includes starches, sugars, and cellulose
  2. 5. a substance that is secreted by the stomach wall and converted into the enzyme pepsin by gastric acid
  3. 11. baby teeth
  4. 16. the act of chewing
  5. 19. digestive tract
  6. 20. The Actual Exchange of gases between the alveoli and the blood
  7. 23. an enzyme capable of digestion proteins in an acid pH
  8. 24. the maximal amount of additional air that can be drawn into the lungs by determined effort after normal inspiration
  9. 25. the ease with which they expand
  10. 27. fingerlike projections of the small intestinal mucosa that tremendously increases it's surface area for absorption
  11. 31. Corpuscle Initial blood-filtering component of a nephron
  12. 34. the elimination of the contents of the bowels
  13. 36. an expansion at the closed ends of a renal tubule
  14. 38. Elevations or ridges, as in the mucosa of the stomach
  15. 40. A small amount of oxygen is carried in the plasma as a dissolved gas
  16. 42. Pressure within the pleural cavity, normally slightly less than the atmospheric pressure
  17. 44. metabolic processes in which ATP is produced
  18. 46. Amount of air inhaled or exhaled with a normal breath
  19. 48. Breathing, consists of inspiration and expiration
  20. 49. excess fluid in a kidney due to a backup of urine
  21. 50. passage of a substance into or across a blood vessel or membrane
  22. 51. structural and functional units of the kidney
  23. 52. the tiny projections on the free surfaces of some epithelial cells, increases surface area for absorption
Down
  1. 1. a naturally oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies
  2. 2. acidic fluid secreted by the stomach glands and active in promoting digestion
  3. 3. pair of soft tissue masses
  4. 6. The act of expelling air from the lungs
  5. 7. valve separating stomach and duodenum
  6. 8. the process of taking food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it
  7. 9. the act of swallowing
  8. 10. sphincter muscle valve that separates the small ad large intestine
  9. 12. synthesized in the pancreas by protein biosynthesis
  10. 13. Volume of air still remaining in the lungs after the most forcible expiration possible
  11. 14. The use of oxygen by body cells
  12. 15. a greenish yellow fluid produced in and secreted by the liver stored in the gallbladder and released into the small intestine
  13. 17. valve between the stomach and esophagus
  14. 18. The Volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs by forcible expiration after the deepest inspiration
  15. 21. The space inside a tube, blood vessel, or hollow organ
  16. 22. material discharged from the bowel composed of food residue, secretions, and bacteria
  17. 26. the additional amount of air that can be expired from the lungs by determined effort after normal expiration
  18. 28. a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of fats to fatty acids
  19. 29. the movement of food through the alimentary canal
  20. 30. cells in the bowmans capsule in the kidneys that wrap around capillaries of the glomerulus
  21. 32. the waves of contraction seen in tubelike organs, propels substances along the tract
  22. 33. the semifluid stomach contents consisting of partially digested food and gastric secretions
  23. 35. the drawing of air into the lungs
  24. 37. contractions occur in the large intestine and small intestine
  25. 39. an enzyme, found chiefly in saliva and pancreatic fluid that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars
  26. 41. the main nitrogen- containing waste excreted in the urine
  27. 43. microvilli covered surface of simple cuboidal epithelium and simple columnar epithelial cells
  28. 45. A knot of coiled capillaries in the kidney
  29. 47. special lymphatic capillaries of the small intestine that take up liquids