Cells & Tissues
This is the basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
This system includes the skin, hair, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
Define homeostasis.
What is maintaining a stable internal environment?
The circulatory system transports these two things to cells
What are oxygen and nutrients?
The number of bones in the human body.
What is 206?
Name the four types of tissue.
What are epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve tissues?
This system controls and coordinates body functions.
What is the nervous system?
Define the anatomical position.
What is standing erect, arms at sides, palms forward, feet shoulder-width apart?
The respiratory system eliminates this from the body.
What is carbon dioxide?
These are the three types of muscle tissue.
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles?
This tissue type anchors and supports body structures.
What is connective tissue?
This organ produces bile for digestion.
What is the liver?
Define specific immunity.
What is the ability to resist a specific disease caused by pathogens?
The urinary system filters this from the blood.
What are waste products?
The brain is part of this system.
What is the central nervous system?
This process is needed for cell division.
What is mitosis?
The spinal cord is part of this system.
What is the nervous system?
Define peristalsis.
What is the wave-like motion of the digestive system?
These are the main roles of the lymphatic system.
What is immune defense, fluid balance, and fat absorption?
This controls temperature regulation in the skin.
What is dilating or constricting blood vessels?
Name the gel-like fluid inside cells.
What is cytoplasm?
This system includes organs such as the liver and pancreas.
What is the digestive system?
This is the smallest blood vessel type.
What are capillaries?
The heart pumps oxygenated blood through this large artery.
What is the aorta?
These are the two main divisions of the nervous system.
What are the central and peripheral nervous systems?