Across
- 2. Something that occurs with thought, consciously
- 5. Not having enough water inside your body
- 7. Links the nervous system to the endocrine system, via the pituitary glands.
- 9. _____ are structures that secrete hormones
- 11. Muscle found in the frog's hind legs
- 12. Your surface blood vessels constrict, so less blood is sent to your skin
- 15. Released by your pancreas when blood sugar is high
- 17. Known as the 'sponge'and releases sugar into the blood when the blood sugar level is low
- 19. system that breakdown and absorbs nutrients that are necessary for growth and maintenance
Down
- 1. System that releases electrical signals through the body that directs behaviour and movement
- 2. Your surface blood vessels dilate, causing you to get flushed
- 3. Controls the body's processes and homeostasis
- 4. Something that occurs naturally, without thought
- 6. a serious medical condition that occurs when your body temperature rises over 40*C
- 8. Mechanism which enhances or amplifies a change in the system
- 10. Maintenance of a stable, constant condition in the body despite changes in the external environment
- 13. Binds,supports and protects structures in the body. Most diverse and abundant type of tissue
- 14. The part your brain\hypothalamus plays during thermoregulation
- 16. Mechanism which resists or regulates a change in the system
- 18. An organism that needs the environment to maintain its temperature