Across
- 3. diet Provides nutrients in adequate amounts and enough energy for a person to maintain a healthful weight
- 5. A pouchlike organ in which bile is stored
- 8. A fluid loaded with lipids and salts
- 10. System that supports the body, protects internal organs, and allows movement.
- 11. Movements of the body are possible because of it.
- 12. Is a group of different types of tissues that work together to perform a single function or several related functions.
- 13. A gland that serves three important functions, located behind the stomach
- 14. Is the process in which a stimulus produces a response that opposes the original stimulus.
- 16. System that brings oxygen needed for cellular respiration and removes excess of carbon dioxide.
- 19. A folded surface and fingerlike projections that provide and enourmous surface area for absobtion of nutrient molecules
- 20. Is a type of tissue that provides support for the body and connects its parts.
- 23. Is the basic unit of structure and function in living things.
- 24. Tiny projections that cover the villi
- 25. Inorganic nutrients that the body needs, usually in small amounts
Down
- 1. Is a group of organs that perform closely related functions.
- 2. System that controls growth, development, and metabolism.
- 4. The first part of the small intestine
- 6. It describes the relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain despite changes in internal and external environments.
- 7. System that transport oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells.
- 9. It maintains homeostasis converting ammonia into urea which is less toxic.
- 15. It's primary function is to remove water from the undigested material that is left
- 17. Is the tissue that lines the interior and exterior body surfaces.
- 18. Is a group of cells that perform a single function.
- 21. Nerve impulses are transmitted throughout the body by it.
- 22. A mixture with an oatmeal-like consistency produced in the mechanical digestion of the stomach