Across
- 3. Connects the brain and spinal cord; controls involuntary actions
- 4. Material found inside bones, responsible for blood cell formation
- 6. Soupy mixture of food, acid, and enzymes that is created in our stomach through mechanical and chemical digestion
- 8. involuntary muscle contractions that help push food down our esophagus to our stomach
- 10. Sends messages from the CNS to effectors to initiate a response
- 12. connects bone to bone
- 14. found in our lungs; responsible for increasing the surface area of our lungs so we can absorb more oxygen into our cells and get rid of carbon dioxide.
- 15. connects muscle to bone
- 16. Largest part of brain, divided into 2 hemispheres, 4 lobes; where we think and hold memories
- 18. Mass of chewed food
Down
- 1. Muscle contracts we can bend part of our body and when an extensor muscle contracts we can straighten part of our body
- 2. sends messages from receptors to the CNS
- 5. Specialized cell of the nervous system with specific structures to carry messages
- 6. Brain and Spinal Cord
- 7. how urine exits the body
- 8. What comprises our Peripheral Nervous System
- 9. Helps absorb nutrients in the small intestine
- 11. part of the CNS and involved in decision making
- 13. Processes sensory information and helps us keep our balance
- 17. allows urine (waste) from the kidneys to travel to the bladder
