Across
- 4. Filters and eliminates liquid substances; regulates water substances
- 6. Senses external environment and communicates with and activates other parts of the body
- 8. Our Body ____ when we are cold to produce heat.
- 10. The command centre for the nervous system and enables thoughts, memory, movement, and emotions.
- 12. Pumps blood from the heart to the lungs to get oxygen.
- 13. To produce egg and sperm cells. To transport and sustain these cells. To nurture the developing offspring.
- 14. Enables movement, maintains posture and can store energy
Down
- 1. Its hormones help control mood, growth and development, the way our organs work, metabolism, and reproduction.
- 2. take in food and liquids and break them down into substances that the body can use for energy, growth, and tissue repair.
- 3. A complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against infection, whilst protecting the body's own cells.
- 5. Remove metabolic wastes and toxins from the body.
- 7. enables gas exchange with blood
- 9. maintains fluid levels in our body tissues by removing all fluids that leak out of our blood vessels.
- 11. Provide mechanical support; stores minerals and produces red blood cells
- 15. Our Body ____ when we are hot to cool down.