General Anatomy & Physiology
Across
- 4. The oval, bony case that protects the brain.
- 7. This system forms the physical foundation of the body.
- 8. This system serves as a protective coating and helps regulate the body's temperature.
- 13. This system protects the body from disease by developing immunities and destroying disease-causing toxins and bacteria.
- 14. The two bones that form the sides and crown of the cranium.
- 16. This type of tissue lines the heart and the digestive and respiratory organs.
- 18. The largest artery in the human body.
- 20. The part of the muscle that does not move.
- 22. Digestive __________ are chemicals that can change certain types of food into a soluble form that can be used by the body.
- 23. Sensory nerve endings that are located close to the surface of the skin.
- 25. Glands that secrete about 30 steroid hormones and control metabolic processes of the body, including the fight-or-flight response.
- 27. The primary nasal muscle of concern to cosmetologists.
- 29. The organs that control the body's vision.
- 30. The connection between two or more bones
Down
- 1. The constructive phase of metabolism
- 2. The broad muscle that covers the top of the head.
- 3. The muscles at the base of the fingers that draw the fingers together.
- 5. White blood cells are also known as: _______________
- 6. This type of tissue contracts and moves various parts of the body.
- 9. The chemical process through which cells are nourished and carry out their activities
- 10. This system enables breathing, supplying the body with oxygen and eliminating carbon dioxide as a waste product.
- 11. The study of the human body structures that can be seen with the naked eye and how the body parts are organized.
- 12. The organ that controls the body.
- 15. The _____________ is the protoplasm of a cell, except for the protoplasm of the nucleus.
- 17. The organ that removes waste created by digestion.
- 19. The heart is the organ that circulates the body's __________
- 21. The basic unit of all living things
- 24. This system purifies the body by elimination of waste matter.
- 26. The ___________ cranial nerve is the chief motor nerve of the face.
- 28. Covers the body and is the external protective coating.