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.