Across
- 3. Warns off insects on skin and guard against heat
- 4. Gland that secretes sebum and softens the hair and skin
- 7. Tissue regulates and controls body functions
- 10. Binds to troponin and blocks sodium channels
- 12. Generate and conduct nerve impulses
- 14. Support, insulate, and protect neurons
- 17. Instruction sheet for protein synthesis
- 18. Epithelia that absorbs, secretes, and filtrates
- 19. Prevents continued muscle fiber contraction
- 22. Glands that secrete hormones into lymph or blood
- 23. Absorbs shock, insulates, and anchors skin to underlying structures
- 24. Digest worn-out or nonfunctional organelles or molecules
- 25. Supports and protects the body structures
- 26. Anchors cells together at plaques and reduce tearing
- 27. Blood brain barriers and support neurons
- 29. Tissue that stores fat and nutrients
Down
- 1. Powerhouse that produces ATP
- 2. Holds DNA and protein molecules inside
- 5. Transmits impulses along the axolemma
- 6. Transports respiratory gases, nutrients, wastes, etc
- 8. Mediates information transfer from one neuron to another
- 9. Act as messengers and transfer agents for amino acids
- 11. Maintains posture and generates heat
- 13. Envelopes that act as storage sites
- 15. Produces multiple copies of the same protein
- 16. Cartilage supports, reinforces, and resists compressive stress
- 17. Conveys incoming messages toward the cell body
- 20. Form the insulating myelin sheaths
- 21. Generates the microtubules and organize the mitotic spindle
- 28. Epithelium that changes shape with stretching