Across
- 1. Lack of human growth hormone
- 3. Feedback Occurs when the response affects the stimulus by reducing its effects and bringing it back to normal
- 6. Greatly reduced metabolic rate during unfavorable seasons when the food is scarce and the temperature is high or low
- 7. Something that affects the body
- 8. Disease where a lack of iodine leads to a swollen thyroid gland
- 10. Sclerosis Disease in which the myelin sheath around the axon is damaged
- 12. Automatic action that the body does in response to something
- 13. System A system of glands that produce chemical messages called hormones
- 15. The maintenance of various substances in the blood
- 16. What the body does as a result of the stimulus
- 17. The hormone that assists the body to process sugar in the bloodstream
- 18. Neurone Disease Disease affecting the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord
Down
- 1. Disease where people are unable to produce sufficient insulin
- 2. Maintain a constant body temperature in spite of the external temperature
- 4. The control of body temperature
- 5. The conversion of nutrients into energy
- 9. Disease Disease of the brain that affects the nerve cells involved in movement
- 11. System This system is responsible for sending fast messages around the body
- 13. The body temperature reflects that of the environment
- 14. Cells that transmit nerve messages around the body