Digestive System
The breaking down of food enzymes.
What is Chemical Digestion?
Whenever a cell divides, an exact copy is made of this.
What is DNA?
These are your body's first lines of defense to prevent infection.
What are skin and mucous membranes?
I am at the end of your digestive system. I grab the last amount of nutrients and create the waste product.
What is the colon?
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The scientific word for taking in food through the mouth and moving along the digestive tract.
What is ingestion?
This type of cell division only occurs in reproduction.
What is meiosis?
If a virus enters the body, these proteins disrupt the cell membrane, making it difficult for the virus to reproduce.
What are defensins?
I am part of the female reproductive system. The eggs travels down me before going to the uterus.
What is the fallopian tube?
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This organ helps regulate blood sugar by releasing insulin when needed.
What is the pancreas?
This organ is where all of the eggs in a female are stored.
What is the ovary?
This is the name for the eating up or engulfing of bacteria, one of the jobs of the white blood cell.
What is phagocytosis?
I am one of the only organs that regenerates itself. My job is to work as filter for blood enzymes for digestion.
What is the liver?
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This wave like contraction helps push food from your esophagus to your stomach.
What is peristalsis?
These two hormones are female hormones and are responsible for the reproductive cycle in a woman.
What are estrogen and progesterone?
These block a virus's ability to bind to a cell.
What are antibodies?
Sperm make their home here. They are stored and will be reabsorbed if not used.
What are the testicles?
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This is a product released from the gallbladder that gives stool its color.
What is bile?
This cell that is stored in the testicles is responsible for the testosterone hormone in males.
What is the Leydig cell?
When you are exposed to a cold that you have had before, your body sends this to prevent you from getting sick.
What is an antigen?
I am only created during pregnancy. I give life from mom to baby. I make sure the nutrients are given from the food mom eats.
What is the placenta?
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