Levels of organization
Another name for a living thing.
What is an organism?
The name for a bundle of nerve cells.
What is a nerve?
The brain is housed within this group of bones.
What is the cranium/skull?
This is the time between when a stimulus is presented to a person and when the person responds to the stimulus.
What is reaction time?
This system provides structure and support for the human body and allows it to move where its parts meet, in areas called joints.
The basic building blocks of life, and the smallest possible organism.
What is a cell?
The name for the bones that protect the spinal cord.
What is the vertebrae or backbone?
This part of the brain controls voluntary functions, language, memory, emotions, and many other processes.
This is the largest organ a human has. It has several functions, which include protecting internal organs and taking in stimuli through touch.
What is skin?
This is the type of flexible, strong connective tissue found at the ends of bones, joints, and in areas such as the end of the nose and the outer ear.
What is cartilage?
A group of cells that work together to perform a similar function.
What is tissue?
The name for the "tail" on a nerve cell that carries messages from one cell to another.
This structure in the brain is responsible for balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This is the name for input from the environment that the brain processes and responds to: for example, making contact with a hot surface.
What is stimulus or stimuli?
These are the two types of digestion.
What is mechanical and chemical.
A group of organs that work together to perform a specific function within an organism.
What is an organ system?
The name for a function that the brain performs that is NOT within an organism's control.
What is involuntary?
This structure in the brain is responsible for involuntary functions: breathing, heart rate, digestion, etc.
What is the brain stem or medulla oblongata?
The brain takes in input from the environment. Stimuli from the outside environment can fit into five categories, known as senses. Name them.
What is taste, see, hear, touch, and smell?
This organ in the digestive system is responsible for absorbing nutrients into the blood stream.
What is the small intestine?
The pancreas is an example of this level.
What is an organ?
Name one structure that protects the brain.
What is the membrane, fluid, or skull?
This hemisphere controls the right half of the body.
What is the left?
This is the name for involuntary responses, such as flinching or pulling away from something hot.
This is the number of bones in the human body.
What is 206?