Body Systems Review
Across
- 4. muscle type that is involuntary and striated; found in the heart
- 6. system that supplies oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide as waste
- 7. referring to tissue that covers other tissue (ex: skin)
- 8. skeleton which includes bones closest to the midline of the animal
- 10. system that sends messages through electrical impulses
- 12. nerves that are voluntarily controlled (but also includes reflexes which are involuntary)
- 15. system that allows for temperature regulation, movement, and form
- 16. microscopic sacs in the lungs where actual oxygen/carbon dioxide transfer takes place
- 17. primary substance that relays messages of the endocrine system
- 18. blood vessel that transports blood away from the heart
Down
- 1. type of bone which is cube-shaped (ex: carpus)
- 2. excrete urine as waste from the bladder out of the body
- 3. part of the respiratory system that holds the vocal cords and allows air through to the trachea
- 4. system that provides transportation and waste and nutrients and aids in temperature regulation
- 5. microscopic blood vessels where nutrient/waste transfer takes place
- 8. nervous system that involuntarily sends signals from the brain to the internal organs
- 9. blood vessel that transports blood to the heart
- 11. part of the CNS that connects the rest of the nervous system to the brain
- 13. transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder
- 14. organ of the urinary system that filters waste from blood