Organs and Organ Systems

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Across
  1. 1. protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells
  2. 5. breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water
  3. 6. produces and transports reproductive cells
  4. 7. a group of tissues that carry out a specialized function
  5. 10. brings in oxygen for cells, expels carbon dioxide and water vapor
  6. 13. produces hormones that act on target tissues in other organs to influence growth
  7. 15. filters blood and eliminates waste products
Down
  1. 2. produces voluntary and involuntary movements
  2. 3. transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and wastes
  3. 4. regulates the body’s response to changes in the internal and external environment
  4. 8. is an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates
  5. 9. pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn,
  6. 11. supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals
  7. 12. protects against infection, UV radiation; regulates body temperature
  8. 14. a hollow muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system