Your Body System Module 12

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Across
  1. 2. The upper part of the respiratory system.
  2. 6. A strong, flexible tissue that allows joints to move easily, cushions bones, and supports soft tissues.
  3. 8. A coiled tube from 20 to 23 feel long, in which about 90 percent of digestion takes place.
  4. 10. When oxygen-rich blood travels to all body tissues except the lungs.
  5. 11. Exhaling, or breathing out, is the action of your lungs getting rid of carbon dioxide and other waste material from your body.
  6. 14. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the hear to various parts of the body.
  7. 18. Type of muscle found in organs in blood vessels, and glands.
  8. 20. The nerves that connect the central nervous system to all parts of the body.
  9. 21. Muscle also provides your body with stability and protection.
  10. 22. A muscle that acts as the pump for the circulatory system.
  11. 23. Includes the brain and the spinal cord.
  12. 27. A flap of tissue in the back of your mouth that keeps food out of your trachea.
  13. 28. The message carries that help the different parts of your body communicate with one another.
  14. 29. A type of connecting tissue that holds bones to other bones at the joint.
  15. 30. The nervous system that deals with actions that you control.
  16. 31. The process by which the body breaks down food into smaller pieces that can be absorbed by the blood and sent to each cell in your body.
  17. 34. A digestive juice produced by the salivary glands in your mouth.
  18. 35. The walls of your heart.
  19. 39. Blood vessels that carry blood from all parts of the body back to the heart.
  20. 40. The group of organs and tissues that carry needed materials to cells and remove their waste products.
  21. 43. A passageway in your throat that takes air into and out of your lungs.
  22. 44. Tiny blood vessels carry blood to and from almost all blood cells and connect arteries and veins.
Down
  1. 1. A gland that helps the small intestine by producing pancreatic juice, a blend of enzymes that break down proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
  2. 3. A group of organs that work together to break down foods into substances that your cells can use.
  3. 4. Includes organs and tissues that transport essential materials to body cells and remove their waste products.
  4. 5. inside the lungs, and branches off into even smaller tubes.
  5. 7. Stuff in your saliva and help break down the food.
  6. 9. The organs that supply your blood with oxygen.
  7. 12. The measure of ozone, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and fine particles close to the ground.
  8. 13. A process in which the body's cells are nourished and energized.
  9. 15. you body's message and control center.
  10. 16. The process the body uses to get rid of waste.
  11. 17. A type of connecting tissue that joins muscle to bones and muscles to muscles.
  12. 19. A long bundle of neurons that sends messages to and from the brain and all parts of the body.
  13. 24. The framework of bones and other tissues that support the body.
  14. 25. The part of the nervous system that deals with actions you do not usually control.
  15. 26. When blood travels from the heart, through the lungs and back to the heart.
  16. 32. A tissue in the center of some bones.
  17. 33. Attached to bones that enable you to move your body.
  18. 36. The two large organs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
  19. 37. Makes up half the volume of blood in the body and is largely water.
  20. 38. It a large, dome-shaped muscle below the lungs that expands and compresses the lungs, enabling breathing.
  21. 41. A digestive gland that secretes a substance called bile, which helps to digest fast.
  22. 42. A small, saclike organ that stores bile until it is needed in the small intestine.