Knowledge Acquisition Activity

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Across
  1. 3. System that brings in oxygen needed for cellular respiration and removes excess carbon dioxide from the body.
  2. 5. System that controls growth, development, and bmetabolism; maintains homeostasis.
  3. 6. Are solid at room temperature and have a longer shelf life than unsaturated fats.
  4. 7. Chemical substance that an organism needs to sustain life.
  5. 8. Helps to moisten the food and make it easier to chew.
  6. 11. Digestive organ in which most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place.
  7. 15. Contractions of smooth muscles that provide the force that moves food through the esophagus toward the stomach.
  8. 16. Is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream
  9. 17. Important for growth of skin cells; important for night vision.
  10. 18. The tissue that lines the interior and exterior body surfaces.
  11. 19. Nerve impulses are transmitted throughout the body by this type of tissue.
  12. 20. This is assisting the panreas in fat digestion. Produces bile.
  13. 22. Promotes bone growth; increases calcium and phosphorus absorption.
  14. 23. Lipid; made up of fatty acids and glycerol; type f nutrient that protects body organs, insulates the body, and stores energy.
Down
  1. 1. Organ in the digestive system that removes water from the undigested material that pases throug it; also called colon.
  2. 2. Can be stored in the fatty tissues of the body. The body can build up small deposits of these vitamins for future use.
  3. 4. System that consists of organs that break down food into components that your body uses for energy and for building and repairing cells and tissues.
  4. 9. A type of tissue that provides support for the body and connects is parts.
  5. 10. Cannot be made in the body and are needed to perform many of fat's functions.
  6. 12. Enzyme in saliva that breaks the chemical bonds in starches.
  7. 13. Connecting the mouth to the stomach
  8. 14. System that eliminates waste products from the body.
  9. 15. Macromolecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen; needed by the body for growth and repair.
  10. 21. Organic molecule that helps regulate body processes.