Body Systems and Homeostasis

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