Groups of tissues that work together to perform special functions.
What are organs?
100
The part farthest from the centre or from the point of attachment.
What is distal?
100
The back surface of the body.
What is posterior?
100
The system that provides the framework for the body and allows the body to move.
What is musculo-skeletal system?
200
Protection against a certain disease or infection.
What is Immunity?
200
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
200
Connective tissue, which cushions the joint.
What is cartilage?
200
The front surface of the body.
What is anterior?
200
This direct and coordinates body functions.
What is the nervous system?
300
A group of similar cells that perform a similar function together.
What is tissue?
300
A stable internal environment in our bodies.
What is homeostasis?
300
An imaginary line that divides the body into right and left sides.
What is midline?
300
Away from the centre of the body.
What is peripheral?
300
An organ system that passes nutrients, gases, hormone, blood cells to and so on to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to maintain homeostasis.
What is the circulatory system?
400
The involuntary, wavelike contraction of smooth muscles.
What is peristalsis?
400
Near the surface of the body.
What is superficial?
400
a chemical substance secreted by specialized glands and some cells into the bloodstream.
What are hormones?
400
Lower parts of the body, or below a superior surface.
What is inferior?
400
The function of this system are to remove wast products from blood and to maintain water balance and acidbalance within the body.
What is the urinary system?
500
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
What is veins?
500
The substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives blood its colour.
What is hemoglobin?
500
Away from the surface of the body.
What is deep?
500
Farthest from the trunk of the body or the point of origin.
What is distal?
500
System made up of glands and secrete chemical substances called hormones into the bloodstream.