How Contaminants Enter and Affect the Body Systems

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  1. 2. Alcohol and drug abuse can cause this liver disease.
  2. 8. Metallic chemicals that are toxic or poisonous at low levels, such as mercury, lead and aresenic.
  3. 9. Tiny hairs that trap debris and bacteria preventing them from entering your lungs.
  4. 11. Releases enzymes into your mouth to start digestion.
  5. 13. Layer of your skin that contains fat cells.
  6. 16. A lung disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos. Many Sarnia plant workers have suffered from this disease.
  7. 18. A Form of energy from the sun that can damage cells.
  8. 19. The tube that carries air from your mouth to your lungs.
  9. 21. Smoking, ionizing radiation, asbestos and other workplace chemicals will cause this respiratory disease.
  10. 22. Top layer of the skin.
  11. 23. Tiny disease causing organisms.
Down
  1. 1. Layer of the skin where nerve endings, blood vessels and sweat glands can be found.
  2. 3. A skin disease that can also be called melanoma that is caused by UV rays.
  3. 4. Method of entry of contaminants through the respiratory system.
  4. 5. The bacteria that causes septicemia.
  5. 6. Tiny sacs where oxygen leaves the lungs and enters the blood.
  6. 7. A disease of the respiratory system that is caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
  7. 10. Method of entry of contaminants through the digestive system.
  8. 12. Method of entry of contaminant through the skin.
  9. 13. Where nutrients are absorbed in your digestive system.
  10. 14. The tubes that carry air from your trachea into each lung.
  11. 15. A skin disease that causes loss of pigment from the skin, caused by workplace chemicals.
  12. 17. A disease causing hairloss that is caused by ionizing radiation.
  13. 20. Part of the digestive system that filters toxins, such as drugs and alcohol, from your blood. Also produces bile.
  14. 22. The tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach.