Body Systems and Homeostasis

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Across
  1. 5. The body’s control system
  2. 11. Returns oxygen-poor blood back to the heart
  3. 13. ability to deal with the effects of a disruption
  4. 15. circulates blood throughout the entire body
  5. 16. The process in which food is digested and absorbed
  6. 19. Transfers blood from the tissue to or from the veins or arteries
  7. 20. The body’s support structure
Down
  1. 1. The tissues, glands, and organs involved in producing offspring
  2. 2. the result of a reaction is amplified to make it occur more quickly
  3. 3. response in which the effects of a reaction slow or stop that reaction
  4. 4. Makes up the glands that make hormones in the body
  5. 6. The systems that excrete wastes from the body
  6. 7. consist of a single muscle cell
  7. 8. Carries oxygen-rich blood to the cells
  8. 9. chemical substances that act like messenger molecules
  9. 10. the self regulation process to maintain stability
  10. 12. Intakes oxygen from the air and expels CO2
  11. 14. organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle
  12. 17. An organ that makes one or more substances
  13. 18. tissue containing cells that can contract to make movement