"Human Body"

4. This process begins in the mouth:Absorption/How would you call the process of absorbing or assimilating substances into cells?
5. Basic units of all forms of life
7. Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen and transports it to the body.
9. Helps protect the body from diseases; collects fluid lost from blood vessels and returns it to the circulatory system.
12. Eight amino acids that must be obtained from the foods we eat.
17. Processed fats are called….
18. Produces gametes; in females, nurtures and protects developing embryo.
19. Which enzyme continues the breakdown of protein?
20. These are the bones of the jaw:
21. Brings in oxygen needed for cellular respiration and removes excess carbon dioxide from the body.
22. What does the salivary glands secretes?
24. Is the most important nutrient of them all.
25. Works with skeletal systems to produce voluntary movement; helps to circulate blood and move food through the digestive system.

1. Recognizes and coordinates the body’s response to changes in its internal and external environments.
2. Transports oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells; fights infection; removes cell wastes; helps to regulate body temperature.
3. This is a verb (of a process) related with the release of substances that aren’t needed:
6. Group of similar cells that perform a particular function.
8. Reading these things can help you tracking how many Calories you consume in a day and if you are meeting your requirements.
10. Breaks down food; absorbs nutrients; eliminates wastes.
11. Controls growth, development, and metabolism; maintains homeostasis.
13. Supports the body protects internal organs; allows movement; stores mineral reserves; contains cells that produce blood cells.
14. Available in food and measured in a laboratory by burning it.
15. Guards against infection and injury and ultraviolet radiation from the sun; helps to regulate body temperature
16. Eliminates waste products from the body.
23. They are substances in food that supply the energy and ray material your body uses for growth.