Across
- 3. protects internal organs and provides structure; makes blood and stores minerals
- 7. transports nutrients, oxygen, and waste throughout the body
- 8. involved in reproduction
- 10. helps fight off infections and diseases
- 11. receives information and processes it to cause changes
- 14. made up of a group of organ systems working together to survive
- 15. filters the body of toxins and removes waste from the body; involved in maintaining chemical balance
- 16. smallest unit of the human body
Down
- 1. made of a group of organs, functions to meet the body's needs
- 2. takes in oxygen into the blood, removes carbon dioxide from the blood
- 4. produces hormones so cells can communicate
- 5. breaks down food and absorbs nutrients into the blood stream
- 6. moves the body and generates heat
- 9. protection from injury, prevents water loss, and temperature control
- 12. made of a group of tissues, performs a specific task in the human body
- 13. made of a group of cells, specialized in function.