Tongue, Nose, Ears, and Skin

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (6)
  2. 5. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound (7)
  3. 6. The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates (9)
  4. 10. A collective term for numerous ___ filaments in the nasal mucosa (14)
  5. 12. The event of something coming in contact with the body (5)
  6. 14. The simplest structural unit of an element or compound (plural) (9)
  7. 15. A dish served as the last course of a meal (5)

Down

  1. 1. Support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go (7)
  2. 3. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled (6)
  3. 4. A composite sensory ___ supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells (13)
  4. 6. Either of the passages in the outer ___ from the auricle to the tympanic membrane (8)
  5. 7. One of the four basic taste sensations (5)
  6. 8. The snail-shaped tube where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti (7)
  7. 9. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity (6)
  8. 11. The sensation that results when ___ buds in the tongue and throat convey information about (5)
  9. 13. The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth (4)