Body Systems and Homeostasis

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Across
  1. 4. Consist of a single muscle cell to help to control the physical forces within the body
  2. 7. Occurs to increase the change or output
  3. 10. Blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart
  4. 12. How the human body self-regulates to maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the external environment
  5. 13. Biological mechanisms whereby homeostasis is maintained
  6. 14. Organs that take in food and liquids and break them down into substances
  7. 15. System that contains the heart and the blood vessels and moves blood throughout the body
  8. 18. Includes the brain, spinal cord, and a complex network of nerves
  9. 19. Your body's support structure
  10. 20. The systems that excrete wastes from the body
Down
  1. 1. Regulate all the cells in your body
  2. 2. The organs that are involved in breathing
  3. 3. A normal biological response in which the effects of a reaction slow or stop that reaction
  4. 5. A self-regulating process by which a living organism can maintain internal stability while adjusting to changing external conditions
  5. 6. an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle
  6. 8. of cells that have the special ability to shorten or contract in order to produce movement of the body parts
  7. 9. The tissues, glands, and organs involved in producing offspring
  8. 11. Delicate blood vessels that exist throughout your body
  9. 16. Blood vessels that distribute oxygen-rich blood to your entire body
  10. 17. tissues in your body that create and release substances