body systems

1. a condition where your body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use it as well as it should
4. the bone of the thigh or upper hind limb, articulating at the hip and the knee.
5. a hormone secreted by the pineal gland which inhibits melanin formation and is thought to be concerned with regulating the reproductive cycle.
8. the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb.
9. a cavity within a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities.
10. a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle of the brain, secreting a hormone-like substance in some mammals.
12. a female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair.

2. a large ductless gland in the neck which secretes hormones regulating growth and development through the rate of metabolism.
3. the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.
6. airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi
7. each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.
11. of a pair of organs in the chest supply the body with oxygen, and removes carbon dioxide from the body.