Body Systems Review
Across
- 3. Thick-walled blood vessels that take blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
- 5. Poisonous substance converted from highly toxic ammonia by the liver.
- 6. Two main branches of the trachea that lead that lead to the lungs.
- 7. Physical breakdown of food into small pieces.
- 9. Tissue of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
- 11. Long extension of a neuron's cell body that transmits information to neighbouring cells.
- 12. Tiny air-filled sacs in the lungs; the site of gas exchange.
- 13. Tiny blood vessels that connect arteries to veins; one cell layer thick and extremely narrow.
- 15. Removal of waste products from the blood using a machine that functions as a kidney.
- 17. Large muscle below the lungs that helps move air in and out of the lungs.
- 18. Division of the nervous system composed of the cranial and spinal nerves.
- 24. Small branches of a neuron that receive information from neighbouring cells.
- 26. Division of the nervous system composed of the brain and spinal cord.
- 29. Specialized cells of the nervous system that receive and transmit information.
- 30. Tubes that connect the bronchi to the air sacs in the lungs.
- 31. Automatic response to a stimulus; happens very quickly and without conscious control.
- 33. Wave-like muscle contractions along the digestive system.
Down
- 1. Waste removal.
- 2. Division of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary responses.
- 4. Large artery carrying blood from the left ventricle to the body.
- 8. Liquid in stomach made of mucus, hydrochloric acid, enzymes, and water; chemically digests food.
- 10. Carry information from the central nervous system to the muscles or other organs.
- 14. Blood cells specialized to fight infection.
- 16. Breakdown of large food particles into smaller particles by enzymes.
- 19. Division of the peripheral nervous system that controls automatic responses in the body, such as heart rate.
- 20. Substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion.
- 21. Blood vessels that return blood from the body to the heart; have valves.
- 22. Cells that carry information from the body to the central nervous system.
- 23. Cell fragments in the blood that help stop bleeding at cuts.
- 25. Small finger-like projections on the inner surface of the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
- 27. Lower chambers of the heart that pump blood to the body.
- 28. Upper chambers of the heart that receive blood away from the heart.
- 32. Filtering units of the kidney that remove wastes from the blood and produce urine.