Life Science Final

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
c a a e
Tough elastic tissue
2.
c o a e
3.
c o r m
4.
o s e t o n
5.
n e r m
6.
s t i t i
7.
r n a i n
8.
o c h o
9.
g a t n
The period during which an embryo develops
10.
r b i r
Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
11.
m m l
Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
12.
p a e a
The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for
13.
d e r
The deep vascular inner layer of the skin
14.
i a m n
A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles
15.
m n n
Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
16.
u s c
One of the contractile organs of the body
17.
c a r d t e
An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals
18.
e y e
Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific
19.
e i s i s
20.
a r e
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
21.
a r u
Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways
22.
p i l r
Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
23.
a l i
24.
d i a g
A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens