Science Vocabulary

1. Muscle involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels
4. System all the muscles of the body collectively, especially the voluntary skeletal muscles
6. System gives the body its basic framework, providing structure, protection, and movement
8. the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system
10. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material
11. System the organs and passages of the urinary tract

2. the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability
3. System made up of several organ systems that work together as one unit
5. Muscle a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates
7. System the system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients
9. Muscle a muscle that is connected at either or both extremities with a bone