Across
- 2. filters blood and eliminates waste products; helps maintain homeostasis
- 3. is a group of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body
- 5. transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and wastes; helps regulate body temperature
- 7. two or more organs that work together to perform body functions
- 8. supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals; bone marrow is site of red blood cell production
- 10. produces voluntary and involuntary movements; helps to circulate blood and move food through the digestive system
- 11. regulates body’s response to changes in internal and external environment; processes information
- 12. protects against infection, UV radiation; regulates body temperature
- 13. protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells
Down
- 1. produces and transports reproductive cells; provides the environment for embryonic development in females
- 4. produces hormones that act on target tissues in other organs to influence growth, development, and metabolism; helps maintain homeostasis
- 6. brings in oxygen for cells, expels carbon dioxide and water vapor
- 9. breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water; transfers digested materials to the blood; eliminates some wastesEndocrine