The Body

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The entire physical structure of an organism (4)
  2. 3. To perceive via the auditory sense (4)
  3. 4. The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells (13)
  4. 7. Pertaining to ___ (11)
  5. 9. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)
  6. 10. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  7. 13. The sensation that results when ___ buds in the tongue and throat convey information about (5)
  8. 14. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them (6)

Down

  1. 1. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart (5)
  2. 2. The process of generating offspring (12)
  3. 3. Organ that pumps blood around the body (5)
  4. 5. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a ___ (8)
  5. 6. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  6. 8. The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal (8)
  7. 11. The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates (5)
  8. 12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (3)