body systems_Science Crossword
Across
- 2. part of the brain were the spinal cord enters the skull
- 6. a substance that kills bacteria or prevents the growth of bacteria
- 7. a substance that speeds up the rate of a reaction without being used up in the proess
- 12. the system in your body that fights infections
- 13. the organism a parasite lives in
- 15. a disease that can be spread
- 16. the electrical message carried by a nerve cell
- 19. the chemical store of glucose in the liver and muscles
- 20. a pathogen about one hundred times smaller than a bacterium
- 21. any factor that stimulates a receptor and brings about a response
- 23. muscles or glands that put the messages into effect
- 26. a nerve cell
- 27. all the chemical reactions occurring in the cells
- 28. an organism that cause disease
- 29. a single cell with a tough skin that fungi use to spread
Down
- 1. an early antibiotic
- 3. a viral disease; symptoms include a rash of small, itchy blisters
- 4. very easy to spread; used to describe a diseas
- 5. a chemical that causes your body to react as if it had encountered a pathogen
- 6. the system controlling involuntary actions such as the heartbeat
- 8. a nerve fibre that sends nerve impulses away from the cell body
- 9. quick, automatic actions that protect the body from danger
- 10. the nerve that carries messages to the brain from the retina at the back of the eye
- 11. chemical substances that act as a messengers in the body
- 14. the common name for the hormone epinephrine
- 17. an organism that lives on or in the body of another organism and takes nutrients from
- 18. a viral disease that causes a rash
- 22. a white blood cell that consumes pathogens
- 24. the part of the neurone that contains the nucleus
- 25. able to make the antibodies to a pathogen before it can make you unwell