Across
- 2. an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.
- 5. a transition from the axial skeleton
- 6. the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine.
- 8. assists in mastication and from the lower jawline
- 10. to provide protection and structure to the brain
- 12. an organ in the human or animal body which secretes particular chemical substances for use in the body or for discharge into the surroundings.
- 16. each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.
- 19. the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates. Its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity.
- 20. (in the body) a whitish fiber or bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs.
- 22. the part of the brainstem that links the medulla oblongata and the thalamus.
- 23. large V-shaped muscles that connect your arms to your vertebral column.
- 24. an organ that relaxes and contracts to allow movement is a lescum___________
- 26. One of a pair of organs in the abdomen
- 27. complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger
- 31. red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.
- 34. a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
- 37. weight bearing and stability of gait
- 38. to bear weight with the medial aspect of the tibia bearing the majority of the weight load
- 39. the thick layer of living tissue below the epidermis which forms the true skin, containing blood capillaries, nerve endings, sweat glands, hair follicles, and other structures.
- 40. an attachment to 13 muscle
Down
- 1. the principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, located in the front area of the skull and consisting of two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. It is responsible for the integration of complex sensory and neural functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity in the body.
- 3. the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body.
- 4. assists in respiration
- 5. the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
- 7. Dentons attach muscles to bones________
- 9. a tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.
- 11. Protect and support the spinal cord
- 13. works to protect the organs of your torso
- 14. a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.
- 15. feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope with mental or emotional pressure.
- 17. the bony framework of the thoracic cavity
- 18. a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.
- 19. A struct to support the shoulder
- 21. to assist with rotation
- 22. to protect the knee joints
- 25. ____________ the main type of connective tissue seen throughout the body.
- 28. the prominent structure between the eyes that serves as the entrance to the respiratory tract and contains the olfactory organ
- 29. _______is living tissue that makes up the body's skeleton
- 30. a projection of the pelvis and upper thigh bone on each side of the body in human beings and quadrupeds.
- 32. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
- 33. allow the wrist to move and rotate vertically
- 35. each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.
- 36. to combine with the tibia and provide stability to ankle joint