Organ System Overview

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