How to Play
• Answer the Science General Knowledge questions, then find the words in the grid.
• Words appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards. Some words may overlap.
Quiz Questions
1. The stomach, liver, spleen, etc reside in this cavity, which is located below the thoracic cavity, and above the pelvic cavity.
2.This tissue’s role is to store energy in the form of lipids, although it also cushions and insulates the body.
3. The heart has two of these, which allows blood flow to the heart during ventricular systole.
4. A division of the peripheral nervous system, that acts largely unconciously, and regulated the internal organs.
5. Part of the vertebrate skeleton, that consists of the bones of the head and trunk, such as vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, cranium, ribs, and sternum.
6. There are four primary types of human tissue: epithelial, muscle, nervous, and this, which is found between other tissues in the body.
7. This system is a group of ductless glands, that secrete hormones, and is controlled by the hypothalamus.
8. An organ that stores and concentrates bile, before releasing the bile into the small intestines.
9. The gel, that makes up the extracellular matrix (the fluid between the blood vessels and cells), consists of polysaccharide molecules, in a water solution of nutrients, and this fluid.
10. The small, almond-shaped gland that sits in the upper, outer corner of the eye socket, that produces tears.
11. The predominant components of these bones are layers of mineralized collagen fibrils, aligned in different directions.
12. Immature blood cell, normally found in bone marrow, that possesses three or more nucleoli, and very little cytoplasm.
13. Mammals’ red blood cells are not this, Having these RBC could suggest a condition, that is causing the body to produce red blood cells, outside the bone marrow.
14. An immature female egg cell, involved in reproduction, found in the outside layer of the ovaries. Usually only one will mature, and be ovulated, from it’s follicle each cycle.
15. This nervous system includes the nerves and ganglia, that are outside of the central nervous system. It is made up of the somatic nervous system, and the autonomic system.
16. This growth area, is of new bone in children and teens. It is made up of cartilage, and after this epiphyseal what closes, the bone no longer grows?
17. These tubules, located within the testes, are the location of meiosis, and the production of male gametes, called spermatozoa.
18. A smooth tissue membrane, that lines the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities, secreting serous fluid, allowing sliding movement of the surfaces.
19. The most what layer of the skin is the epidermis. The outer two layers beneath the epidermis are the dermis and hypodermis.
20. A hormone in males, plays an important role in the development of male reproductive tissues, as well as increased muscle, and bone mass, and the growth of body hair.
21. Relating to the two chambers at the bottom of the heart, that keep the blood moving through the body.
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