Organ System Crossword

5. holds your brain in place
6. tells your body what to do
7. converts food into small molecules that can be used by the cells of the body
13. protects your body from germs and bacteria
14. includes the skin, lungs, and liver, excretes metabolic wastes from the body
15. remove toxin and wastes
18. serves as a barrier against infection and injury, helps to regulate body temperatures, removes waste from the body, gathers information, and produces vitamin D
19. system transports oxygen, nutrients, and other substances throughout the body, and removes wastes from tissues
20. there are three different types of each which is specialized for specific functions in the body
22. pumps your blood

1. muscle where you thigh is
2. can survive without
3. help you breathe
4. made up of glands that release hormones into the blood
8. digests your food
9. picks up oxygen from the air we inhale and releases carbon dioxide into the air we exhale
10. supports the body, protects internal organs, assists movement, stores minerals, and is a site of blood formation
11. allows urine to pass through body
12. network of vessels through which lymph drains from the tissues into the blood
16. collects information about the body's internal and external environment, processes that information, and responds to it
17. is needed for us to reproduce
21. regulated blood sugar