Body Systems Vocab 2
Across
- 1. the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
- 3. “windpipe", long tube that leads to lungs where it divides into the right and left bronchi.
- 5. move blood away from the heart.
- 6. bring blood back to the heart.
- 11. is the force of blood moving through the body.
- 12. The process of getting oxygen into the body and releasing carbon dioxide
- 15. "pulse", is the number of times your heart beats per minute.
- 17. little sacs where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide
- 18. a long, tube-shaped bundle of neurons, protected by the vertebrae.
- 19. Acts as the pump to continuously circulate the blood.
- 20. sheet of muscle that spreads across the bottom of the rib cage.
Down
- 2. a bundle of nerve cells
- 4. The smallest type of blood vessel that carries out the delivering of oxygen and picking up the waste.
- 7. messages carried by neurons
- 8. part of the neuron that passes the nerve impulses on to other cells.
- 9. part of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord.
- 10. nerve cell that carries messages
- 11. Vessels connect the heart to every cell in the body.
- 13. the membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the esophagus.
- 14. receive nerve impulses from other cells
- 16. a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.