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What are the fingerlike projections within the small intestine?
Villi
which arteries does the heart muscle receive blood through?
Coronary
What membrane prevents friction between the rib cage and the lungs?
Pleura
What is the process in which bacteria produce by dividing?
Binary fission
What kind of tumor shows no tendency to spread throughout the body?
Benign
What is the long bone of the upper arm?
Humerus
what is the type of vascular tissue that carries sugar from the plant's leaves to the roots and the stem?
Phloem
What is the body system that transports oxygen and nutrients to cells and carreis away waste products?
circulatory
What body system consists of various glands that produce hormones?
Endocrine
What are the two broad divisions of the skeletal system?
Axial and appendicular
What hormone is produces by the thyroid gland to regulate body metabolism?
Thyroxine
Where is ingested food stored and mixed with gastric juice?
Stomach
What the the long chains of smaller molecules that starch and dietary fiber are made from?
Monosaccharides
Club fungi produce spores in club-shaped ____?
Basidia
The stigma, style and ovary make up what part of the flower?
Pistil
What is the main pigment responsible for skin color?
Melanin
What states that every infectious disease is caused by a specific germ?
Germ concept
What are the main reproductive organs found in women?
Ovaries
What is the oil that waterproofs the skin and keeps it soft and flexible?
Sebum
What is a substance that stimulates the body to develop immunity to a pathogen as it would if infected with that infection?
Vaccine
what are the tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to be exchanged between the air and the blood?
Alveoli
What light-driven process do green plants use to manufacture glucose from water and carbon dioxide?
Photosynthesis
What light-driven process do green plants use to manufacture glucose from water and carbon dioxide?
Photosynthesis
What is the time between a person becoming infected and displaying symptoms of disease?
Incubation period
What two things do the central nervous system consist of?
Spinal cord and brain