Our Wonderful Body

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge (5)
  2. 5. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  3. 8. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)
  4. 10. A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile until it is needed for digestion (11)
  5. 12. Hard structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing. (5)
  6. 13. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (6)
  7. 15. The entire physical structure of an organism (4)
  8. 16. Organ that pumps blood around the body (5)

Down

  1. 1. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural) (5)
  2. 2. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (7)
  3. 3. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach (8)
  4. 6. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them (6)
  5. 7. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart (5)
  6. 9. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of (5)
  7. 11. Supplementary material that is collected and ___ at the back of a book (8)
  8. 14. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract (4)