Body Systems and Homeostasis

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Across
  1. 3. blood vessels that carry blood
  2. 5. The organs that take in food and liquids and break them down
  3. 6. The framework that supports the soft tissues of vertebrate animals and protects many of their internal organs
  4. 7. The smallest type of blood vessel
  5. 9. A group or layer of cells that work together to perform a specific function
  6. 10. tissue that makes and releases hormones
  7. 13. A state of balance among all the body systems
  8. 14. An organ that makes one or more substances
  9. 15. The adaption of form or behavior of an organism to changed conditions
  10. 18. metabolic process wherein, the living cells of an organism obtains energy
  11. 19. A state of balance among all the body systems
Down
  1. 1. chemical substances that act like messenger molecules in the body
  2. 2. A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
  3. 4. The process of breaking down food
  4. 7. The system that contains the heart and the blood vessels
  5. 8. an organ system responsible for providing strength
  6. 11. The tissues, glands, and organs involved in producing offspring (children)
  7. 12. tissue made of long threadlike cells
  8. 16. the process by which organisms expels metabolic waste
  9. 17. organized group of cells, called neurons