LIFE PROCESSES

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Across
  1. 2. A gland that secretes an enzyme which breaks down starch into simpler form.
  2. 4. The type of blood vessels that carry blood to the heart from other parts of the body. It has valves in it.
  3. 8. Vascular tissue in plants that transport food in a multidirectional manner.
  4. 9. The type of respiration in which oxygen is involved.
  5. 10. A process which involves the breakdown of simple food in order to release energy inside the cell.
  6. 11. Helps in the emulsification/breaking down of fats.
  7. 12. The site of partial digestion.
  8. 18. Mode of nutrition in which an organism prepares its own food.
  9. 19. A process used to purify blood in case of kidney failure.
  10. 23. A wave of contraction and relaxation that occurs in the alimentary canal.
  11. 27. Helps in increasing the surface area of absorption of food into the blood.
  12. 28. The process by which the green plants manufacture their own food.
Down
  1. 1. The process in which glucose is converted into pyruvic acid in the cytoplasm.
  2. 3. The site of exchange of gases in the lungs, connected to numerous capillaries.
  3. 5. The structural and functional unit of excretion.
  4. 6. The type of respiration in which oxygen is less/not involved.
  5. 7. Vascular tissue in plants that transport water in a unidirectional manner.
  6. 13. Type of blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the other parts of the body. It has thick walls.
  7. 14. A type of heterotrophic nutrition in which an organism ingests whole food material and breaks it down inside the body.
  8. 15. INTESTINE The site of complete digestion.
  9. 16. The site of gaseous exchange in plants.
  10. 17. One of the components of blood that aids in clotting at the time of injury.
  11. 20. Mode of nutrition in which an organism takes food from another organism.
  12. 21. A cluster of thin-walled capillaries in the nephron associated with bowman's capsule.
  13. 22. Basic functions performed by living organisms for their survival and body maintenance.
  14. 24. During this process the harmful metabolic nitrogenous waste is removed from the body.
  15. 25. The type of circulation in which blood moves from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart.
  16. 26. A type of pancreatic secretion that helps in the conversion of proteins into peptones.