Ch 9 Words
Across
- 6. Are attached to the bones of your skeleton and provide the force that moves your bones
- 8. A signal in an environment that makes you react
- 10. A group of similar structures that perform the same function
- 12. Is what your body does in reaction to a stimulus
- 15. A structure that is made up of different kinds of tissue
- 17. Provides support for your body and connects all its parts
- 18. A substance that you get from food and that your body needs to carry out processes
- 20. The chemical signals released by the endocrine system
Down
- 1. Can contract or shorten
- 2. Directs the cell's activities and holds information that controls a cell's function
- 3. Releases chemical signals directly into the bloodstream
- 4. The basic unit of structure and function in a living thing
- 5. Directs ad controls the process
- 7. Forms the outside border of a cell
- 9. Is made of a clear, jellylike substance that contains many cell structures
- 11. Covers the surface of your body, inside and out
- 13. A group of organs that work together, carrying out major functions
- 14. A place in your body where two bones come together
- 16. All the bones in your body
- 19. Nutrients move from the digestive system into the bloodstream