Homeostasis Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. This type of feedback causes an increase in uterine contractions and causes a baby
  2. 9. If the soma was a tree, this cytoplasmic projection would branch out of it
  3. 10. This cell acts as a blanket to cover the axon
  4. 14. if potassium was a student,this hormone would look like a school on a snow day since there are HIGH amounts of snow.
  5. 16. If this was a hill, the heart rate would run up it (increase)
  6. 19. This gland is the boss of the company as it controls all of the other workers
  7. 20. begins with ovarian stem cells
  8. 24. This is similar to an air duct that allows dust particles to escape but in this case it is water trying to escape via osmosis into the peritubular capillaries
  9. 26. If axons were a house, this sheath would act as an insulator for it
  10. 27. If someone taps you on the shoulder, this neuron determines the response
  11. 29. If blood sugar was a food company, this acts as an ad to help increase sales
  12. 30. If a furnace is turned on and warms up a house, this type of feedback would make the house cool down and go to its desired temperature
  13. 32. If someone taps you on the shoulder, this type of neuron would transmit a response message to the shoulder muscles
  14. 36. Is a parent of four daughters
  15. 37. if earth was a brain, this would be the surface of it, but it is harder to regenerate
  16. 38. This helps in regeneration of neurons
  17. 39. To keep this at a normal level, fats need to break down to fatty acids
  18. 40. Is a parent of twin daughters
Down
  1. 1. When we don't have enough T4, this would cause our bodies to act as a freezer
  2. 2. This is used as a type of maneuver to move nutrients out of concentrated urine
  3. 4. This makes males have certain characteristics (facial/pubic hair growth)
  4. 5. If glucose was a bike, this would act as a bike chain to control the speed of the bike located at the thyroid gland
  5. 6. If this was a employee, ACTH is the employer
  6. 7. This cell acts as glue to hold neurons in place
  7. 8. Without this 3 letter hormone, our bones and teeth would look unhealthy
  8. 11. This acts as a sensory camera to determine movement
  9. 12. If the pituitary gland was a phone, this sends signals to it
  10. 13. if the fallopian tube was hair, this would be located at the ends of it
  11. 15. If foreign spoken people were the brain, this neuron would act as a translator to determine the response
  12. 17. Without this, blood sugar would look like a mall on weekdays (very small amount)
  13. 18. if this hormone was a bee, the bee lands onto the surface of the flower to reach their target (pollen), but the flower is a receptor protein
  14. 21. When we have too much T4, this would cause our bodies to produce the same thing a microwave does
  15. 22. if earth was a brain, this would be the core of it and can also regenerate itself
  16. 23. This type of neuron transmits the touch message
  17. 25. If dendrites were a branch this would act as the body of it
  18. 28. When your knee jerks, this is called a
  19. 31. If mail was a digestive enzyme, this would secrete the mail to the address given, but the address is the small intestine
  20. 33. If blood calcium levels were criminals, this would act as a police officer to arrest them and keep them off the streets, except the streets is the thyroid gland and the handcuffs are osteoblasts
  21. 34. When you have more of this, there are more particles in plasma (hypertonic ECF)
  22. 35. This word describes a structure that waste products from the ocean and saves as much water as possible but the ocean is actually blood