Homeostasis

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Across
  1. 6. when a person cannot thermoregulate, and their body temperature drops below 95 degrees
  2. 7. the force of your blood pressing on the walls of your blood vessels
  3. 8. when a person has unusually high body temperature
  4. 11. mechanism to maintain homeostasis; when one factor goes in one direction, another factor will take it in the opposite direction
  5. 12. this term means to open or make larger
  6. 15. when a person does not ingest enough water causing them to be ill
  7. 16. this is a hormone that releases stored sugar into the bloodstream from the liver
  8. 17. a disorder where a person cannot maintain proper blood sugar levels
Down
  1. 1. how many times your heart beats every minute
  2. 2. a device in our homes that controls the air temperature with the heat and Air Conditioning
  3. 3. this means to close or make smaller
  4. 4. this term refers to the homeostasis of body temperature
  5. 5. organ were excess sugar is stored and released using hormones
  6. 9. this term means balance
  7. 10. organ that releases Insulin and Glucagon
  8. 13. the ability to maintain a stable internal environment
  9. 14. a hormone that works by taking sugar out of the bloodstream to be stored in the liver