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Life Functions Unit Vocabulary

Across
The _____ breaks down food into smaller pieces by churning.
Requiring detailed and specific knowledge or training
Includes all three types of muscles in our body.
Air sacs of the lungs which allow gas exchange.
Made up of all of our bones and cartilage.
The smallest functional unit of an organism.
Where absorption of water and minerals happens.
Breaking down food in your mouth mechanically and chemically.
Pumps blood throughout the body.
The tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
A part of an organism that is self-contained and has an important function, such as the heart or liver in humans
More than one cell.
A whitish fiber that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs.
The cylinder bundle of nerve fibers and tissue that is enclosed in the spine and connects nearly all parts of the body to the brain, with which it forms the central nervous system.
Down
The process of breaking down food and absorption.
Only one cell.
The blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
Relating to the circulation of blood.
Made up of bones and cartilage.
Where absorption of nutrients happens.
A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
The _____ allows breathing and gas exchange.
A tube that connects the larynx to the lungs.
The network of nerve cells that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body.
The acronym that stands for move, energy, reproduce, and grow.
Any of the blood vessels that form a network between the arteries and veins.
The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of biotic things carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.
Where breathing and gas exchange happens.
An organ of soft tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and smart and nervous activity.