The Human Body System
Across
- 1. known as the throat
- 4. main processing center of the cell
- 5. found in skull or cranium
- 8. helps grow facial, body hair and puberty
- 12. allows blood to flow in one direction
- 13. can be moved at will
- 15. found in pharynx
- 16. acts as a scaffold by providing support & protection of the body
- 19. produces and store cells that fight infections & disease
- 21. first part of the renal pelvis
- 22. supports the face and protects the brain
- 24. a muscle that expands during pregnancy
- 26. functional unit of the kidney
- 28. secretes prostate fluid
- 29. small hairs and purifies air
- 30. a hormone that tells the body to make a breastmilk
- 32. helps to push food into your esophagus
- 33. the lower, narrow part of the uterus
Down
- 2. tells your pituitary gland to start or to stop making hormone
- 3. ability of muscle to recoil to original resting lenght after stretches
- 6. found in head and torso
- 7. taking in food
- 9. fibers are long and cylindrical
- 10. largest lymphatic organ
- 11. stores bile from the liver and releases it into small intestine
- 14. breaks down excess amino acids
- 17. produces an oily secretion thrown as sebum
- 18. made of hardened keratinocytes
- 20. deep layer of the skin
- 23. bottom section
- 25. thin branching extensions of the cell body
- 27. straw colored
- 31. large vessels