Human body

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