Your Remarkable Body

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Substance used in or made by chemistry (plural) (9)
  2. 8. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (plural) (6)
  3. 9. A communication that is written or spoken or signaled (plural) (8)
  4. 11. A message received and understood (11)
  5. 13. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has (plural) (8)
  6. 14. A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be (7)
  7. 15. The master gland of the endocrine system (9)
  8. 16. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts (plural) (6)
  2. 2. Influencing strongly (plural) (7)
  3. 3. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (plural) (7)
  4. 4. Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in (7)
  5. 6. The secretion of an ___ gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has (9)
  6. 7. Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas (7)
  7. 10. Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation (plural) (10)
  8. 12. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers (5)