Gen Bio Body Systems and Feedback Mechanisms Vocab Crossword
Across
- 2. System that produces and delivers hormones and other signaling molecules throughout the body
- 3. System that takes in oxygen and expels carbon dioxide
- 6. Type of feedback where the response exacerbates, or increases, the strength of the original stimulus to give an even greater response
- 7. System that controls voluntary and involuntary movement, including body movement, movement of food, and circulation
- 9. Reaction or behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus
- 12. System that transports blood and gases throughout the body
- 14. System that detects and fights infection
- 15. Molecule that is activated and transported through the body in response to a stimulus
- 17. System that is a fancy word for "skin"; helps protect the body from temperature fluctuations and fluid loss
Down
- 1. System that moves food through the body as it is broken down, absorbed, and excreted
- 4. System that passes down genetic information from parent to offspring
- 5. Internal balance
- 8. System that moves waste materials out of the body
- 10. System that controls responses to the environment and processes information
- 11. Detectable change in an organism's internal or external environment
- 13. System that supports the body, gives it shape, protects internal organs, and assists with movement
- 16. Type of feedback where the response brings the system back to homeostasis and cancels out the effect of the original stimulus