Across
- 4. The process of taking in substances such as nutrients or chemicals into cells or tissues.
- 6. Tissue that receives and sends electrical signals; makes up the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
- 8. Tissue that contracts and relaxes to produce movement; includes skeletal, smooth, and cardiac
- 9. Structures formed by the combination of different types of tissues working together (e.g., the heart, liver, or skin).
- 10. a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.
- 11. the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.
- 12. rhymes with issue
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- 1. fat tissue
- 2. Tissue that supports, connects, or separates other tissues and organs; contains an extracellular
- 3. the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
- 5. A cell in connective tissue that produces an extra-cellular matrix.
- 7. A nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals in the nervous system.