Ch. 07 Anatomy and Physiology Key Terms JeopardyLab
What is Muscle Tissue?
Muscle tissue produces power and movement by contraction of muscle fibers.
What is Organelles?
Organells are cell structures that help a cell to function, are located in the cytoplasm.
What is Protoplasm?
protoplasm is composed of ordinary elements such as carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrogen, and phosphorus, scientists are unable to combine such elements to create that characteristic called life.
What is Nerve Tissue?
Nerve tissue is made up of special cells called neurons. It controls and coordinates body activities by transmitting messages throughout the body. The nerves, brain, and spinal cord are composed of nerve tissue
What is Pathophysiology?
Pathophysiology is the study of how disease occurs and the responses of living organisms to disease processes.
What is Stem Cells?
stem cells have the ability to transform themselves into any of the body's specialized cells and perform many different functions.
What is Nucleolus?
Nucleolus one or more small, round bodies located inside the nucleus, and important in cell reproduction.
What is Physiology?
Physiology is the study of the processes of living organisms, or why and how they work.
What is System?
Organs and other body parts joined together to perform a particular function are called a system.
What is Nucleus?
Nucleus is a mass in the cytoplasm.
What is Pinocytic Vesicles?
Pinocytic Vesicles pocketlike folds in the cell membrane. These folds allow large molecules such as proteins and fats to enter the cell.
What is Tissue?
When cells of the same type join together for a common purpose, they form a tissue.
What is Organ?
Two or more tissues joined together to perform a specific function are called an organ
What is Prognosis?
Prognosis refers to a prediction of the probable course and/or the expected outcome of the disease.
What is Vacuoles?
Vacuoles -pouchlike structures found throughout the cytoplasm that have a vacuolar membrane with the same structure as the cell membrane.