Cell prefixes
Having to do with muscle
What is "myo-"?
Cells, cells, they're made of __________.
What are organelles?
The two bones of the skull
What are the cranium and the mandible?
The process by which ancient Egyptians preserved dead bodies
What is mummification?
Sticky substance lining the nasal cavity that helps to trap particles in air
What is mucus?
What is "osteo-"?
The power plant of the cell that burns fuel (glucose) to make energy.
What are mitochondria?
Cells that lay down new layers of bone
What are osteoblasts?
God instructed the ancient Israelites (Hebrews) to isolate the person with a serious rash in order to avoid this.
What is spread germs
NOT part of the respiratory system:
pharynx
larynx esophagus bronchi
What is the esophagus?
Having to do with digestion
What is "gastro-"?
Organelles inside a cell all float in this substance.
What is cytoplasm?
The longest bone in the body
What is the femur?
An educated guess used by Greek philosophers to explain something they observed.
What is a hypothesis?
The trachea is surrounded by these to keep it from collapsing during breathing.
What are cartilage rings.
Having to do with the kidneys
The cell structure that gives both shape and protection
What is the cell membrane?
The number of bones in the adult human body
What is 206?
A theory by Greek philosopher Aristotle that life could come into existence from nonliving things.
What is spontaneous generation?
The dome-shaped muscle that draws air into the lungs when it contracts
What is the diaphragm?
Referring to a red blood cell
Organelles shaped like stacked, curved pancakes that wrap and send protein or fat to other parts of the cell when needed.
What are the Golgi bodies?
The two subdivisions of the skeletal system
What are the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton?
Dutchman Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered that glass lenses could magnify things and built these to study items and make detailed drawings.
What are microscopes?
Tiny clustered sacs where gas exchange occurs in the lungs.
What are alveoli?