Organ System Overview
Across
- 3. part of the skeletal system
- 4. breaks down food, allows for nutrient absorption into blood, and eliminates indigestible material
- 7. keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
- 13. returns fluids to blood vessels, disposes of debris, and involved in immunity
- 14. eliminates nitrogenous wastes, maintains acid-base balance, and regulation of materials
- 15. organ of the male reproduction system
- 16. transports materials in body via blood pumped by heart
- 19. organ of the endocrine system
- 20. organ of the digestive system
- 21. allows locomotion and produces heat
Down
- 1. fast-acting control system, responds to internal and external changes, and activates muscles and glands
- 2. organ of urinary system
- 5. secretes regulatory hormones such as growth, reproduction, and metabolism
- 6. forms the external body covering and protects deeper tissue from injury
- 8. production of offspring
- 9. organ of the cardiovascular system
- 10. organ of the respiratory system
- 11. organ of the lymphatic system
- 12. forms the muscular system
- 17. part of the nervous system
- 18. protects and supports body organs, provides muscle attachment for movement, site of blood cell formation and stores minerals
- 22. part of the integumentary system