Vocabulary
Malaria
What is a fever that attacks red blood cells
Glial Cells
What is a type of cell that provides physical and chemical support to neurons and maintain their environment
Chromosome
what is DNA
Central Nervous System
What is the brain and spinal cord
Hormones
what is chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues
Fallopian tubes
Neuron
what is responsible for sending and receiving neurotransmitters
Allele
What is a specific version of a gene
Peripheral Nervous System
what is consists of the nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord
Thyroid Glands
what is a vital hormone gland
Polygenic
What is controlled by more than one gene
Soma
what is parts of an organism other than the reproductive cells
Phenotype
What is an individual’s inherited physical characteristics
Somatic Nervous System
what is a subdivision of your peripheral nervous system
Adrenal Glands
what is small, triangular-shaped glands located on top of both kidneys
Mutating
What is the change of a gene's structure
Myelin Sheath
what is an insulating layer, or sheath that forms around nerves, including those in the brain and spinal cord
Epigentics
What is the study how the same genotype can be expressed in different ways.
Autonomic Nervous System
what is a component of the peripheral nervous system
what is an organ and a gland
What is the ability to adapt
Axon
what is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, in vertebrates
Sickle-cell
What is a genetic condition
Sympathetic Nervous System
what is a network of nerves that helps your body activate its “fight-or-flight” response
Gonads
what is an organ that produces gametes; a testis or ovary