LO 4 Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Temperature regulation is also called … (15 letters)
  2. 6. The organ responsible for filtering blood and controlling water balance in mammals (6 letters)
  3. 7. High body temperature—a breakdown of thermoregulation (6 letters)
  4. 8. The maintenance of a constant internal environment in living organisms (11 letters)
  5. 12. Machine used to perform the function of kidneys (8 letters)
  6. 13. Specialised protein that speeds up a chemical reaction (7 letters)
  7. 14. Hormone released to lower blood sugar (7 letters)
  8. 18. Organ in the body storing urine before it is excreted (6 letters)
  9. 19. Chemical messengers carried in the blood, regulating bodily functions (8 letters)
Down
  1. 1. Gland that secretes insulin (8 letters)
  2. 2. Tiny filtering units inside the kidney (8 letters)
  3. 3. Toxin sometimes found in urine, removed from the blood by kidneys (6 letters)
  4. 4. Disease caused by the inability to regulate blood sugar (7 letters)
  5. 9. Process by which water moves across a semi-permeable membrane (8 letters)
  6. 10. Thin tubes connecting kidneys to the bladder (6 letters)
  7. 11. Defensive proteins produced by the immune system (10 letters)
  8. 15. Type of cell involved in defending the body against disease (5 letters)
  9. 16. A simple sugar used in the body’s energy regulation (8 letters)
  10. 17. Organ system that removes metabolic waste (6 letters)