Body Systems
Across
- 2. Tiny openings in leaves that filter materials.
- 4. Organ that receives, processes, responds to, and stores information.
- 8. The process of plants releasing water through their leaves.
- 12. An action that cannot be controlled by thinking about it.
- 15. Where two or more bones meet
- 18. The ability to detect sound waves with your ears.
- 19. Tiny vessels that allow important materials to enter your body’s cells.
- 20. The ability of the eyes to detect and receive light waves so the brain can form it into images.
- 22. Vessel that usually carries low-oxygen blood toward the heart.
- 25. The ability to detect different odors with your nose.
- 26. Organ that stores urine.
- 28. Tissue that connects bone to muscle.
- 29. Tissue that connects bone to bone.
- 30. Special molecules that detect and receive stimuli.
- 31. Main organs of the respiratory system that inhale and exhale air.
- 33. Organ where food is broken down into small molecules.
- 36. Intestine Long tube connected to the small intestine where water is absorbed from food waste.
- 37. The different ways our body detects and reacts to stimuli.
- 38. Strong, flexible tissue that protects bones & joints
- 40. Vascular tissue that carries water from the roots to the leaves.
Down
- 1. Vascular tissue that carries sugar throughout the plant.
- 3. Long tube that air travels down after being inhaled.
- 5. Place that receives air, food and liquids from the mouth & nose.
- 6. An action that can be controlled by thinking about it.
- 7. Tube that carries urine out of the body.
- 9. Cells in the nervous system that transmit signals to one another.
- 10. Changes in an organism’s environment that causes a reaction.
- 11. Organ that filters waste from the blood.
- 13. Vessel that usually carries high-oxygen blood away from the heart.
- 14. Pair of tubes connecting the trachea to the lungs.
- 16. Large muscle below the lungs that contracts/relaxes as you breathe.
- 17. Chamber where blood enters the heart.
- 21. Tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder.
- 23. Chamber that pumps blood out of the heart.
- 24. The ability to receive information about the outside environment through physical contact with the skin.
- 25. Intestine Long tube connected to the stomach where nutrient absorption occurs,
- 27. Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
- 32. Cord Long structure of neurons that sends signals throughout the entire body.
- 34. The ability to tell the difference between flavors in your mouth.
- 35. Soft tissue that can contract and relax and allows you to move.
- 39. Microscopic sacs where gas exchange occurs.