Across
- 2. to perform a special job or action
- 4. bean-shaped organs that clean waste from the blood
- 6. a group of organs that work together to do a job for the body
- 8. an organ in the excretory system that stores and releases urine
- 11. hard organs that help support the body and protect other organs.
- 12. the human body’s largest organ, which covers and protects it
- 14. where the female reproductive cells are made
- 16. organs which have nerve endings that detect light, sound,and chemicals in the air and in food
- 18. the organs in the respiratory system that take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide
Down
- 1. an organ that makes insulin for digestion
- 3. a large organ that makes a digestive juice called bile
- 5. organs that make special cells that will join to form an offspring
- 7. a baglike organ in which food is mixed with digestive juices and squeezed by muscles
- 9. where the male reproductive cells are made
- 10. the muscular organ which pumps blood through the rest of the circulatory system
- 12. the body’s supporting structure made of bones that produces red blood cells
- 13. the digestive canals in the lower abdomen
- 14. a body part made of smaller parts that work together to do a special job
- 15. the organ in the body that processes information; the control center of the body
- 17. an organ made of bundles of long fibers that can contract to produce movement
