Circulatory
This type of blood cell carries oxygen
What is a Red Blood Cell?
What is an Erythrocyte?
This is also known as the "windpipe"
What is the trachea?
The functional cell type of the immune system
What are white blood cells?
What are leukocytes?
This organelle is the control center of the cell
What is the nucleus?
This group is what we compare the experimental group against in an experiment
What is the control group?
These prevent the backflow of blood in circulation
What are valves?
These tiny hair-like structures line mucosal surfaces
What are cilia?
This process means to engulf and destroy
What is phagocytosis?
These organelles are small stud-like structures responsible for synthesizing proteins
What are ribosomes?
This is where new red blood cells are formed
What is bone marrow?
This type of transport is involved in gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries
What is diffusion?
What is passive transport?
These structures are analogous to the smaller branches on a tree
What are bronchioles?
This includes bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi
What are pathogens?
When energy is expended to move molecules across the plasma membrane
What is active transport?
These small protein molecules are responsible for catalyzing chemical reactions and breaking down larger molecules in digestion
What are enzymes?
This disease is characterized by a unique shape of red blood cells in patients
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
This muscle is key in inhalation and exhalation
What is the diaphragm?
These markers determine if a cell or molecule is "self" or "invading"
What are antigens?
Water moving across a semipermeable membrane
What is Osmosis?
These y-shaped molecules are made by white blood cells to label invaders for destruction
What are antibodies?
Prolonged intensive exercise can lead to the build-up of this chemical waste product
What is Lactic Acid?
Respiratory surfaces have these qualities (name 2)
What is warm?
What is moist?
What is a large surface area?
What is 1-cell thick?
This is the key "ingredient" in vaccines
This process refers to the uniting of sperm and egg cells in reproduction
This cell organelle is responsible for modifying, packaging, and shipping proteins within a cell
What is the Golgi?