The Essential Body
Across
- 1. / a clear fluid that resembles plasma
- 3. / receive signals from other neurons and the transmit them towards the cell body
- 7. / stimulated by changes in pressure or movements of body fluids
- 9. / the study of the heart
- 11. / protects and insulates the axon
- 13. / cells with single nuclei that synthesize bone
- 14. / the pigment that gives human skin, hair and eyes their colour
- 17. / the site where two bones meet
- 19. / fatty tissue
- 20. / composed of the outermost layers of cells in the skin
Down
- 2. / the response to muscle overuse
- 4. / connects a muscle to a bone
- 5. / the process of laying down new bone material
- 6. / the nerve glue
- 8. / helps regulate many body processes
- 10. / extends from the midbrain to the medulla oblongata
- 12. /an involuntary response to a stimulus
- 15. / an elevated intraocular pressure
- 16. / where a persons spine is curved side to side
- 18. / the bending of light waves