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- 5. Temperature regulation is also called … (15 letters)
- 6. The organ responsible for filtering blood and controlling water balance in mammals (6 letters)
- 7. High body temperature—a breakdown of thermoregulation (6 letters)
- 8. The maintenance of a constant internal environment in living organisms (11 letters)
- 12. Machine used to perform the function of kidneys (8 letters)
- 13. Specialised protein that speeds up a chemical reaction (7 letters)
- 14. Hormone released to lower blood sugar (7 letters)
- 18. Organ in the body storing urine before it is excreted (6 letters)
- 19. Chemical messengers carried in the blood, regulating bodily functions (8 letters)
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- 1. Gland that secretes insulin (8 letters)
- 2. Tiny filtering units inside the kidney (8 letters)
- 3. Toxin sometimes found in urine, removed from the blood by kidneys (6 letters)
- 4. Disease caused by the inability to regulate blood sugar (7 letters)
- 9. Process by which water moves across a semi-permeable membrane (8 letters)
- 10. Thin tubes connecting kidneys to the bladder (6 letters)
- 11. Defensive proteins produced by the immune system (10 letters)
- 15. Type of cell involved in defending the body against disease (5 letters)
- 16. A simple sugar used in the body’s energy regulation (8 letters)
- 17. Organ system that removes metabolic waste (6 letters)