Body Systems Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 5. Tubes that carry blood throughout your body; include arteries, veins, and capillaries.
  2. 6. organs, and produces red blood cells.
  3. 10. The body system made up of three types of muscle (skeletal, cardiac, and smooth) that enables
  4. 11. about it.
  5. 12. The body system that detects stimuli, processes information, and coordinates all body activities
  6. 16. The body system consisting of your heart, blood vessels, and blood that transports oxygen,
  7. 20. electrical signals.
  8. 21. A structure made up of different tissues that performs a specific function in your body.
  9. 22. white blood cells.
  10. 23. A large muscle below your lungs that controls breathing by contracting and relaxing.
  11. 24. and excess water.
  12. 25. cord to the rest of your body.
  13. 27. The type of muscle attached to your bones that allows voluntary movement you can control.
  14. 28. A group of organs working together to perform one or more specific functions in your body.
  15. 29. and hormones throughout your body.
  16. 30. The network of vessels, nodes, and organs that drains excess tissue fluid, filters out pathogens,
  17. 34. The type of muscle found in your internal organs that contracts automatically without you
  18. 36. The body system that brings oxygen into your body and removes carbon dioxide through the
  19. 37. and mood.
  20. 38. Tiny air sacs in your lungs where gas exchange occurs; oxygen enters your blood and carbon
  21. 39. The body system that protects you from infections and disease by filtering out pathogens and
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  1. 1. Organs that produce and release substances like hormones or sweat.
  2. 2. The type of muscle that makes up your heart; contracts automatically without you thinking about
  3. 3. The body system made up of 206 bones in adults that provides framework and support, protects
  4. 4. The body system that produces reproductive cells and enables reproduction; different structures
  5. 7. The body system that breaks down food into nutrients your body can use for energy and growth.
  6. 8. The part of your nervous system that includes all the nerves branching out from your brain and
  7. 9. and control body functions.
  8. 13. The body system consisting of kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra that filters blood to remove
  9. 14. Chemical messengers produced by glands that travel through your bloodstream to affect distant
  10. 15. leaves your blood.
  11. 17. Your body's protective barrier made up of your skin, hair, and nails; protects internal organs and
  12. 18. The state of balance your body maintains to stay alive and healthy; all body systems work
  13. 19. and airways.
  14. 20. to maintain this balance.
  15. 26. returns cleaned fluid to your bloodstream.
  16. 31. maintains posture, and generates body heat.
  17. 32. males and females.
  18. 33. The body system made up of glands that produce hormones to regulate metabolism, growth,
  19. 35. temperature.