The Human Body Systems Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: digestive : take in food, digest food into smaller molecules and absorbs nutrients, skeletal : protects organs, provides shape support, stores materials(fats, minerals), protects blood cells, allows movement, circulatory : transport materials to and from cells, integumentary : barriers against infection (1st line of defense), helps regulate body temp. removes excretory waste (urea, water), endocrine : regulates body activities using hormones. slow response, long lasting, excretory : removes waste products from cellular metabolism (urea water , co2 , filters blood, respiratory : takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide and water, immune : fights off foreign invaders in the body, lymphatic : stores and carriers wbcs that fight disease. collects excess fluid and returns it in blood (2nd circulatory system- reaches places others cannot, between cells), nervous : gathers and interprets information , responds to information , helps maintain homeostasis, reproductive : allows organisms to reproduce which prevent their species from becoming extinct, muscular : allows for movement by contracting.