DNA
The organelle that contains the DNA
What is the nucleus?
The gel-like substance inside the cell that holds all the organelles
What is the cytoplasm?
The type of muscle tissue that line up in the same direction and attach to bone
What is skeletal muscle?
The plant organ responsible for photosynthesis
What is the leaf?
Organ system that transports gases and nutrients to all cells in the body
What is the circulatory system?
The phase in the cell cycle where DNA is replicated
What is interphase?
A clump of cells that has resulted from uncontrolled cell division
What is a tumour?
A technology used to view soft tissue and often used to monitor fetal development
What is ultrasound?
Where undigested food passes and water is reabsorbed
What is the large intestine?
The two main plant organ systems
What are the root and shoot systems?
Sections of DNA that determine which proteins a cell will manufacture
What are genes?
Undifferentiated plant cells that are important for plant growth
What are meristematic cells?
The type of tissue that transmits electrical and chemical signals
What is nervous tissue?
The organ made of epithelial tissue that is one of our body's first line of defence against infections
What is the skin?
The type of blood vessels that exchange gases with the respiratory system
What are the capillaries?
A permanent change in the sequence of the DNA building-blocks
What is a mutation?
Cells that can become any type of cell found in the body
What are totipotent stem cells?
The type of tissue that includes bone tissue, blood tissue, and fat tissue
What is connective tissue?
The tube that connects the throat to the lungs
What is the trachea?
The body system that eliminates liquid waste from the body
What is the excretory system?
The nucleotide that pairs with cytosine
What is guanine?
The type of white blood cell that causes inflammation and is first triggered to fight an infection
What is a phagocyte?
Type of plant tissue that contains xylem and phloem
What is vascular tissue?
The heart chamber that pumps oxygenated blood to the body
What is the left ventricle?
The number of human body systems
What is 11?