Across
- 3. first plants with seeds
- 4. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals that is functionally comparable to the blood and lymph of vertebrates.
- 6. a structure found inside cells that is involved in making proteins.
- 10. receptors in the skin and on other organs that detect sensations of touch.
- 12. relision of egg
- 13. largest artery in the body
Down
- 1. a collection of neuronal bodies found in the voluntary and autonomic branches of the peripheral nervous system
- 2. the main substance in the walls of plant cells, helping plants to remain stiff and upright.
- 4. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
- 5. -an automatic response of the spinal cord that is critical in protecting the body from harmful stimuli.
- 7. A column of nerve tissue that runs from the base of the skull down the center of the back.
- 8. The thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from the abdomen.
- 9. the receiving or input portions of a neuron.
- 10. a large phylum of invertebrate animals (as snails, clams, and mussels) that have a soft unsegmented body lacking segmented appendages and commonly protected by a calcareous shell.
- 11. another name for platelets