Inside the body
Across
- 2. One of the bony segments of the spinal column.
- 4. Organ where digestion of food begins.
- 5. Vital organ that detoxifies chemicals and produces bile.
- 9. Organ that filters blood and produces urine.
- 10. A unit of heredity made of DNA.
- 12. The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism.
- 13. Bony structure that forms the head.
- 14. Life-sustaining fluid circulated by the heart.
- 17. Vessel carrying blood away from the heart; a major route.
- 18. Vessel carrying blood toward the heart.
- 19. A group of similar cells that perform a specific function.
- 21. The body's command center.
- 22. A general term for a tube that carries blood (artery, vein, capillary).
Down
- 1. The liquid component of blood.
- 3. Rigid organ part of the vertebrate skeleton.
- 5. Primary organ for respiration.
- 6. Tissue that contracts to produce movement.
- 7. The internal framework of the body.
- 8. The muscular organ that pumps blood.
- 11. The food pipe between the pharynx and the stomach.
- 15. Where two bones meet (e.g., knee or elbow).
- 16. Bundled fibers that transmit electrical impulses.ORGAN A self-contained part of an organism (e.g., heart or liver).
- 20. The backbone or vertebral column.