Human Body
The basic building blocks of life.
What is a cell?
The jelly like substance that is mostly comprised of water and fills the cell.
What is cytoplasm?
Digestion begins in the ______.
What is the mouth?
The structure that connects two or more bones.
What is a joint?
The system of verve cells and fibers that acts as the command center of the body.
What is the nervous system?
A baby begins life as a single cell called a _________.
What is zygote?
Energy for the cell is made in the ____________.
What is mitochondria?
The tongue pushes the chewed-up food into the back of the throat where it enters the __________.
What is the esophagus?
Strong bands of tissue that attach to the ends of the bones at the joints.
What are ligaments?
A nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses.
What is a neuron?
A group of cells make up ________.
What is tissue?
The ______________ is a thin outer layer that holds the cell together and separates it from its environment. It lets in nutrients and lets out waste.
What is the cell membrane?
As food goes down the esophagus, muscles below the food relax while muscles above the food contract. This is a muscular process called ___________.
What is peristalsis?
The soft __________ tissue is where red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are created.
What is bone marrow?
An organisms self-regulating state of optimal functioning.
What is homeostasis?
Self contained groups of tissues that perform a specific job in the body are called_________.
What are organs?
The control center of the cell that contains DNA and tells the cell what to do.
What is the nucleus?
The hollow, muscular shaped tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder.
What are ureters?
This joint is found in our hips and shoulders. This joint allows the greatest range of motion.
What is a ball and socket joint?
This lobe is the "control center" and is called the "smart brain."
What is the frontal lobe?
As the embryo continues to grow, the organs begin working together in systems. As the systems develop intro full maturity, the baby goes from an embryo to a ____________.
What is a fetus?
The cleaners of the cell. They destroy harmful substances and old, worn-out cell parts.
What are Lysosomes?
At the end of each bronchiole is a bunch of small air sacs called _____________ which is wrapped in tine blood vessels called capillaries.
What are alveoli?
This is the hardest working joint in the body. It is found in our elbows, knees, and fingers. Allows back and forth movement.
What is a hinge joint?
This lobe processes auditory information and is where you form memories.
What is the temporal lobe?