Across
- 3. uses both mechanical and chemical digestion to break down food into nutrient components that the body absorbs and uses
- 5. produces and transports reproductive cells; provides the environment for embryonic development in females
- 7. regulates body’s response to changes in internal and external environment; processes information
- 8. breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water; transfers digested materials to the blood; eliminates some wastes
- 10. produces voluntary and involuntary movements; helps to circulate blood and move food through the digestive system
- 11. breaks down food into nutrients and energy
- 13. excess water isabsorbed before the solid waste is excreted from the body
- 15. where additional digestion takes place
- 16. protects against infection, UV radiation; regulates body temperature
Down
- 1. secrete chemicals into the upper small intestine
- 2. contract to move the chewed food to the
- 4. transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and wastes; helps regulate body temperature; collects fluid lost from blood vessels and returns it to the circulatory system
- 6. supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals; bone marrow is site of red blood cell production
- 9. protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells
- 12. produces hormones that act on target tissues in other organs to influence growth, development, and metabolism; helps maintain homeostasis
- 14. filters blood and eliminates waste products; helps maintain homeostasis
- 17. brings in oxygen for cells, expels carbon dioxide and water vapor