Across
- 1. Where chemical digestion of protein begins.
- 7. volume of blood ejected from the heart with one beat.
- 9. Type of capillary that allows small molecules to pass from blood to interstitial fluid.
- 10. Produces enzymes to break down all four classes of macromolecules in the small intestine.
- 11. Layers of tissue that enclose the heart.
- 12. Blood exits the right ventricle through here.
- 14. Substance produced by lung cells to reduce surface tension.
- 16. Secretes seven hormones including FSH and LH
- 17. Vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 18. Ion required for blood clotting to occur
- 20. Reversibly binds oxygen.
- 23. Also known as the countercurrent multiplier
- 24. Also known as the countercurrent exchanger
- 25. T cell involved in cell-mediated immunity.
- 26. Activated B cell
- 27. Secreted by natural killer cells to poke holes in cells.
- 28. Protein produced by immune system that binds a specific antigen.
Down
- 2. Endocrine system "godfather"
- 3. Controls secretions along the GI tract.
- 4. Gas exchange between systemic capillaries and tissue cells.
- 5. Secreted by the kidney when blood oxygen level is low.
- 6. Pressure that must be overcome to eject blood from a ventricle.
- 8. Abbreviation for a hormone that inhibits solute and water reabsorption in the PCT.
- 13. Small, air-filled structures in the lung.
- 15. Another way to say "blood cells"
- 19. =CO x SVR
- 21. Occurs when pulmonary pressure is greater than atmospheric pressure.
- 22. Cascade of proteins with overall antimicrobial function.