Vocabulary 1
Functions
Sight (difficult)
Hearing
Smell and Taste/Touch
100
Cells that carry out the same function group together to form ________________. 
Tissue. 
100
The process of breaking down food is called?
digestion
100
Light enter our eye through the __________ and the pupil. 
Cornea and pupil 
100
Sound waves enter the ear through the __________________? 
Auditory canal
100
Air enters our nose through our _____________?
Nostrils 
200
Tissues group together to form an ____________.
Organ 
200
excretion is carried out by ___________ and also ___________ .
Excretory system and sweat glands. 
200
The muscle that makes the pupil bigger or smaller. Controls amount of light that enters the eye. 
Iris
200
What part of the ear vibrates?
eardrum
200
The never receptors send information along the _______________ to our brain.
Olfactory nerve
300
A group of organ systems working together form an ____________________.
organism 
300
The circulatory system consists of? 
Heart, blood vessels, and blood. 
300
What focuses the light which allows images to be projected onto the retina at the back of the eye?
Lens
300
Where is the cochlea located? Inner ear or outer ear. 
Inner ear
300
The receptor cells for taste are on the tongue inside each _________________?
Taste bud
400
All living things are made up of tiny units called ______________. 
cells
400
What is the function of the heart? Describe. 
The heart's main function is to pump blood around the body. 
400
The area where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called a ___________, because it doesn't respond to light. 
Blind spot
400
The function of the semicircular canals in our inner ear is to?
Keep our balance and equilibrium. 
400
The middle layer of the skin is called?
dermis
500
Organs that work together form _______________. 
systems 
500
Human reproduction is______________?
Sexual. 
500
Nerve receptors in the retina send this information along the ________________ to our brain. 
Optic nerve
500
When vibrations reach the cochlea, they transform into?
electrical signals 
500
The nerves in the skin detect sensations such as _____________, _______________, and _______. 
temperature, pain and texture.
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