Across
- 5. systems involving hormones
- 7. System involved in maintaining blood homeostasis
- 10. restricting blood flow to extremities
- 12. opening blood vessels and allowing more blood to surface
- 14. two words, first step in homeostasis
- 16. process which regulates or maintains a system in a stable state
- 17. conditions within organisms due to homeostasis
Down
- 1. chemical message
- 2. chemical used to regulate blood sugar
- 3. releasing chemical into the blood
- 4. normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
- 6. two words, refers to the system which feeds information back
- 8. part of the brain involved in several homeostatic functions
- 9. System involved in maintaining blood oxygen and carbon dioxide levels
- 11. two words, kept nearly constant despite changes in an organism's activity level
- 13. one measure used for cooling
- 15. shivering is an example of maintaining this in your body