What is...
Tissues
Body Systems
Organs
Definitons
100
The science of the mintue structures of organic tissues; microscopic anatomy.
What is Histology
100
This type carries messages to and from the brain and controls and coordinates all bodily functions.
What is Nerve Tissue.
100
The foundations if the body.
What is the Skeletal System.
100
This organ controls the body.
What is the Brain.
100
Fluid circulating through the circulatory system (heart, veins, arteries, and capillaries)
What is Blood.
200
The basic unit of all living things, from bacteria to plants and animals, and including human beings.
What is a Cell.
200
This type contracts and moves the various parts of the body.
What is Muscular Tissue.
200
This system, also referred to as the cardiovascular system, controls the steady circulation of the blood through th body by means of the heart and blood vessels.
What is the Circulatory System.
200
This is the main organ in circulating blood.
What is the Heart.
200
Collarbone; bone joining the sternum and scapula.
What is the Clavicle.
300
The study of the function and activities performed by the body structures.
What is Physiology.
300
This type serves to support, protect, and bind together other tissues of the body.
What is Connective Tissue.
300
This system enables breathing and consists of the lungs and air passages.
What is the Respiratory System
300
This organ(s) excretes water and waste products.
What is the Kidneys.
300
The uppermost and largest bone in the arm, extending from the elbow to the shoulder.
What is the Humerus.
400
The dense active protoplasm found in the center of the cell.
What is the Nucleus
400
A collection of similar cells that perform a particular function.
What is Tissue.
400
This system is made up of a group of specialized glands that affect the growth, development, sexual activities, and health of the entire body.
What is the Endocrine System.
400
This organ removes toxic products of digestion.
What is the Liver.
400
This artery supplies blood to the side and crown of the head.
What is the Parietal Artery.
500
The study of the structures of the human body that can be seen with the naked eye, and what they are made up of.
What is Anatomy.
500
This type of tissue, such as blood and lymph, carries food, waste products, and hormones through the body.
What is Liquid Tissue.
500
This system is made up of the skin and its various accessory organs, such as the oil and sweat glands, sensory receptors, hair and nails.
What is the Integumentary System.
500
This organ forms and external protective covering of the body.
What is the Skin.
500
In the word "osteoarthritis" and in many other medical terms, the prefix "os" means.....
What is Bone
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