Functions I
What is the Excretory System?
The system that breaks down food into tiny molecules which allows the body to absorb nutrients
What is the digestive system?
The fifth level of organization
What are organisms?
Causes change to conditions inside of an organism
What is internal stimuli?
Can be referred to as the 'brain of the cell'
What is the nucleus
The system that acts as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world.
What is the integumentary system?
The system that supplies the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver it to all parts of the body
What is the respiratory system?
The first level of organization
What is the cell?
The body's reaction to stress or threat
What is fight or flight?
This organelle can be compared to the digestive system of a cell
What is a lysosome?
The system that provides shape, support, movement, protection, blood cell production, and mineral storage
What is the skeletal system?
The system that controls and transmits signals between the different parts of the body
What is the nervous system?
The third level of organization
What is an organ?
Anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change
What is a stimulus?
The integumentary system is similar to the ________ of a plant cell
Cell Wall
The system responsible for movement of the human body
What is the muscular system?
The system that transpots oxygen and nutrients to the body and removes carbon dioxide and other waste products.
What is the circulatory system?
The second level of organization
What is tissue?
The reaction to a stimulus
What is a reaction?
The muscular system is similar to the ______ of a cell
What is the mitochondria?
The system made up of glands that secretes hormones to regulate metabolism, growth, sleep, and reproduction
What is the endocrine system?
The system that produces eggs or sperm and nourishes offspring until birth.
What is the reproductive system?
The fourth level of organization
What is an organ system?
Causes change to conditions outside of an organism
What is external stimuli?
What is the circulatory system?