Body Systems Summary - NMMS Spring 2021
Across
- 6. air usually enters the body through this opening
- 7. a single nerve cell
- 8. the space between two neurons
- 10. when the body reacts without consciously thinking
- 12. the system which sends signals throughout a body
- 13. the muscle that contracts to make you inhale
- 14. the bag-like organ in the food system
- 16. the heart, blood, and vessels make up this system
- 17. where your digestive system begins, usually
Down
- 1. the chemical that is taken to the body by the blood
- 2. the process by which food is changed into nutrients for the body
- 3. a major organ of the nervous system
- 4. the system that includes the bronchi, lungs, and nose
- 5. the structure of the body, made of bones
- 9. how the body gets information from the environment
- 11. the air moves through this to get to the blood
- 15. the pump for all of the blood to carry oxygen and nutrients
- 17. one of the organs in the system that allows your body to move