Human Body Systems

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Across
  1. 1. Responsible for pumping blood throughout our body
  2. 4. Helps us move, involved in the production of blood cells, and stores calcium
  3. 5. Controls both voluntary action (like conscious movement) and involuntary actions (like breathing), and sends signals to different parts of the body
  4. 6. Move blood, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hormones, around the body; consists of the heart, blood, blood vessels,arteries and veins
  5. 10. Protects us, is our first defense against bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, helps regulate body temperature, and eliminates waste through sweating
  6. 12. Type of elastic tissue; three different types of _____
  7. 14. Make up 206 as an adult
  8. 15. Make up 206 as an adult
Down
  1. 2. Responsible for the elimination of wastes produced by homeostasis
  2. 3. The body's control center, receiving and sending signals to other organs through the nervous system and through secreted hormones; responsible for our thoughts, feelings, memory storage and general perception of the world
  3. 4. Carries out the physical and chemical digestion of food by using muscles and aiding enzymes
  4. 7. Allows us to take in vital oxygen and expel carbon dioxide in a process we call breathing
  5. 8. A series of connected organs that together, allow the body to break down and absorb food, and remove waste
  6. 9. Remove waste and extra fluid from the blood; makes urine
  7. 11. About 650 muscles that aid in movement, blood flow, and the maintenance of posture and body position
  8. 13. Responsible for removing oxygen from the air we breathe and transferring it to our blood where it can be sent to our cells; also remove carbon dioxide, which we exhale