Body Systems

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