Across
- 2. Smooth muscle that regulates the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine
- 8. Lobe of the brain responsible for vision
- 11. Bones that make up your fingers and toes
- 13. Scientific word for chewing
- 17. Man that allowed scientists to discover the function of the frontal lobe (2 words)
- 20. A group of cells make up a ____________________
- 21. Basic unit of compact bone
- 23. Maintenance of a steady state
- 24. Basic unit of muscle
- 27. Organ responsible for storing and secreting bile
- 28. Another name for a red blood cell
- 31. System that takes in oxygen for cellular respiration
- 32. Basic unit of spongy bone
- 33. Gas taken into the body while breathing; used for cellular respiration
- 36. Tiny sacs that participate in gas exchange in the lungs
- 37. When a cell gains the structures and function of its specific cell type
- 38. Type of muscle that is striated, voluntary, and has many nuclei
- 39. Substance produced by the liver to digest lipids
- 40. Type of neuron located in the brain and spinal cord; responsible for processing
- 42. Structure that allows the small intestine to absorb nutrients
- 45. Type of digestion performed by the teeth
- 49. Part of the heart that receives blood
- 52. Cell responsible for breaking down bone to remove the calcium
- 53. Tissue that connects muscle to bone
- 54. Structure in the heart responsible for preventing the backflow of blood
- 56. Basic unit of the nervous system
- 57. Part of the neuron that receives the message
Down
- 1. Type of reproduction performed by mitosis, no genetic diversity
- 3. Flap of tissue that covers the trachea while swallowing
- 4. Type of muscle that is non-striated, involuntary, and has one nucleus
- 5. Muscle responsible for expanding and contracting the chest cavity
- 6. Protein involved in muscle contraction; has a head that is responsible for the powerstroke
- 7. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart
- 9. The junction between two neurons
- 10. Division of the nervous system responsible for the “fight-or-flight” reaction
- 11. Division of the nervous system responsible for sensory and motor functions
- 12. Part of the skeleton that protects vital organs
- 14. Developing baby from 8 weeks after fertilization to birth
- 15. The main function of the muscular system
- 16. Part of the blood responsible for coagulation
- 18. Human reproductive cell; an egg or a sperm
- 19. Characteristic of muscle tissue that says it can return to its original shape after contracting or extending
- 22. Contains many nuclei
- 25. Responsible for warming and moistening air while inhaling
- 26. Substance responsible for sending a message across a synapse
- 29. Light and dark lines on a muscle fiber
- 30. Wave-like movement used to propel food through the digestive system
- 34. System that transports nutrients and oxygen around the body
- 35. The joining of the sperm and the egg; creation of a zygote
- 41. Type of feedback loop that “resets” a homeostatic setting; example regulation of blood sugar
- 43. Tube in the respiratory system that connects the larynx to the bronchi
- 44. Monomer of a nucleic acid
- 46. Part of the blood responsible for transporting oxygen molecules
- 47. Blood vessel that allows gas exchange to occur
- 48. Tissue that connects bone to bone
- 50. Type of bone marrow that makes red blood cells
- 51. Type of signal that goes through the spinal cord, not the brain
- 55. Shape of the femur