Biology Crossword
Across
- 2. fluid of the circulatory system
- 3. a mineral needed for nerve transmission and muscle contraction
- 7. box like structure that produces the voice
- 9. procedure to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys stop working properly
- 11. they eat decomposing organic matter
- 15. process by which antigen mixes with its own antibodies
- 16. narrowing of blood vessels when body is exposed to cold temperature
- 18. part of the body’s natural allergic response to substances
- 19. type of WBC that triggers inflammation and allergies
- 20. condition of bowels in which stool is often dry and hard
- 22. method or device used to prevent pregnancy
- 25. eating disorder in which a person eats large quantities and then intentionally vomits
- 28. a cancer when bone marrow produces too much white blood cells
- 29. liquid waste product produced by the kidneys
- 34. excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces
- 35. caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- 36. narrow part of the uterus
- 38. insulin deficiency or abnormality in the use of insulin
- 39. class of diseases in which uncontrolled division of cells invade or spread to other tissues
- 40. excretory organ in the vertebrate urinary system
Down
- 1. substance produce by exocrine glands
- 4. hardening of the arteries
- 5. physical and chemical breakdown of food
- 6. widening of blood vessels when body is exposed to hot temperature
- 8. substances required for metabolism, growth, maintenance and repair
- 10. food’s energy content in units
- 12. it is the act of respiring
- 13. prevents the back flow of blood through its cusps or flaps of tissues
- 14. first fertilized egg formed by two gametes
- 17. command center of almost all glands
- 21. wall of an artery weakens and bulges forming a pulsating, enlarging sac
- 23. inflammation of the appendix
- 24. saclike organ where embryo and fetus develop
- 26. muscle of the heart
- 27. part of the digestive and respiratory systems known as the throat
- 30. production of egg cells
- 31. tube beneath the larynx also known as the windpipe
- 32. substance that initiates primary immune response/ immunity to a disease
- 33. protein that react to non-antigen corresponding to the surface of RBC
- 37. metabolize fats