Oscar’s Homeostatic Crossword

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  1. 2. Common cause of Type 2 diabetes is ———— to insulin
  2. 5. A cell which helps make the capillaries more leaky into the bowman’s capsule
  3. 6. Long tube allowing selective reabsorption of water
  4. 7. Single “toe” on the cell making capillaries more leaky
  5. 10. Protein channels facilitating osmosis
  6. 11. Name for arteries and veins associated with the kidney
  7. 12. Tight ball of capillaries in the bowman’s capsule
  8. 14. Transport protein carrying two molecules at once
  9. 16. Part of the cell that carries GLUT4 receptors to the cell membrane
  10. 17. Metal ion in insulin
  11. 19. Lower or inner part of the kidney
  12. 20. Immoblised enzymes used to test for diabetes
  13. 21. Breakdown of glucose
  14. 25. The hormone secreted by alpha cells in the pancreas
  15. 26. Chemical which activates protein kinases
  16. 27. Fatty layer under dermis which can be triggered to break glycogen into glucose
  17. 30. Making glucose from other biological molecule
  18. 32. Thin layer between capillaries and the bowman’s capsule
  19. 33. Upper or outer part of the kidney
  20. 34. Arteriole coming into the bowman’s capsule
  21. 35. Cells in the pancreatic tissue which secrete hormones into the blood
  22. 37. Garland releasing ADH
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  1. 1. chemical formed in red blood cells to transport carbon dioxide
  2. 3. What ammonia makes blood turn more when it build up
  3. 4. Regulation of the internal conditions of an organism
  4. 8. The system which involves hormones
  5. 9. Part of the blood with ions and glucose dissolved
  6. 13. A series of responses to external factors which maintain a rough concentration of a given chemical
  7. 15. innermost part of the kidney
  8. 18. Regulation of the blood water levels
  9. 21. The enzyme phosphorylating glucose to allow more of it to diffuse into cells
  10. 22. Tiny membranes allowing mass reabsorption in the nephron
  11. 23. A component of starch
  12. 24. Type of receptor responding to insulin
  13. 28. Series of reactions triggered by a hormone binding to a cell
  14. 29. Condition associated with diabetes when ketones build up
  15. 31. The bonds between simple sugar molecules like glucoses
  16. 36. Metabolic waste from nitrogen compounds