Anatomy & Physiology Chpt. 1&2
Across
- 3. Storage organ that helps in the digestion of fat and helps to make bile more concentrated to increase its effect on fat cells
- 5. Scale that measures how acidic or basic a substance is
- 7. The body ability to detect and respond to changes
- 9. The nose is _____ to the mouth
- 10. elements that make up about 0.4% of the chemicals in our body
- 13. Instrument used to visually examine the body organs or cavities
- 18. A type of energy needed to break chemical bonds in the reactant molecules so a reaction can start
- 19. Organs inside the major cavities of the trunk
- 20. System that has the components of a brain and spinal cord
Down
- 1. Formed by combining various amino acids
- 2. Study of functional changes associated with disease and aging
- 4. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is an atom's ______ number
- 6. Plane that divides the body or organ into superior and inferior portions.
- 8. Fluid within cells
- 11. The sum of all chemical processes that occur in the body
- 12. Serious membrane of the abdominal cavity
- 14. Any abnormality of structure or function
- 15. When the examiner feels the surface of the body with the hand
- 16. An organ that is located behind the stomach
- 17. Disrupts homeostasis by increasing or decreasing a controlled variable