Body system and homeostasis
Across
- 4. the tissue, glands, and organs involve producing offspring
- 5. cells that have the special ability to shorten to produce movement of the body parts
- 8. system that contains the heart and blood vessels
- 10. composed of specialized cells called muscle fibers
- 11. a change in a given direction causes additional change in the same direction
- 13. smallest type of blood vessel
- 15. associated with breathing or gas exchange
- 17. blood vessels that return deoxygenated blood from organs to heart
- 18. blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to tissue and organs in the body
- 19. an organ that makes more substances, such as hormones, sweat, tears & saliva
- 20. organs that facilitate the removal of nitrogenous wastes from the body
Down
- 1. part of a system in which some portion of the system's output is used as input for future operations
- 2. process of breaking down large foods into smaller pieces
- 3. the ability of an organism to deal with the consequences of a disruption
- 6. made up of the brain and spinal cord
- 7. consist of a single muscle cell
- 9. balance of body systems needed for the body to survive and function
- 12. a complex network of glands and organs
- 14. body's central framework
- 16. substances made by glands in the body