Friendly Village Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  2. 3. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  3. 7. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles (plural) (9)
  4. 9. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them (6)
  5. 10. A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens (9)
  6. 12. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach (8)
  7. 13. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers (5)
  8. 14. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of (5)
  9. 15. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (6)

Down

  1. 2. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (plural) (7)
  2. 4. The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal (8)
  3. 5. A sharp rigid animal process or appendage (5)
  4. 6. Tough elastic tissue (9)
  5. 8. Supplementary material that is collected and ___ at the back of a book (8)
  6. 11. Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (plural) (7)
  7. 13. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (4)