Human Body System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• cilia : structures in the nose that filter air
• right atrium : first chamber blood enters from the body
• trachea : cartilage tube lined with cilia and mucous; epiglottis is flap that prevents food and liquid from entering
• small intestine : is where food is absorbed.
• larynx : contains the vocal cords
• circulatory system : another name for cardiovascular system
• reproductive system : function to produce gametes, males produce sperm, females produce eggs.
• nervous system : gathers and interprets information, responds to information as needed includes brain and spine
• pharynx : a throat, tube-like passage-way
• heart : composed of 4 chamber hollow organ consists of 2 upper atria, and 2 lower ventricles
• pulmonary artery : these artery takes blood to the lungs
• arteries : blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
• endocrine system : produces chemicals that control many of the body's daily activities such as growth and development
• veins : carry blood back towards the hear, contain deoxygenated blood (no oxygen)
• red blood : cells contain hemoglobin, carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
• white blood : cells fight bacteria and viruses by entering infected tissue
• immune system : interacts with other body systems and helps keep you healthy and for protection of pathogens
• muscular tissue : composed of skeletal, smooth, cardiac
• right ventricle : blood pumps from the right atrium going into these chamber
• skeletal system : system that give shape and support, protection, site for muscle attachment, and stores calcium
• digestive system : disassembles food you eat into usable molecules for nutrients and energy
• capillaries : microscopic blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
• respiratory system : supplies blood with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the body.
• muscular system : allows movement of the body with the help of the skeleton, cells contract and relax