Cellular Structure and Function
These cells have filaments on their ends that carry or receive impulses
What are nerve cells?
The most common compound found on earth and in the human body
What is water?
A body cavity that contains internal organs
What is viscera?
The connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
What are tendons?
What type of complex protein speeds up chemical reactions
What are enzymes?
These are long and thin fibers that permit contraction and relaxation.
What are muscle fibers?
The most common compounds in the body
What is sugars and starches?
The body's standard reference point
What is the anatomic position?
The ability to process the chemicals found in foods to obtain energy
What is metabolism?
This is the liquid portion of the blood
What is plasma?
All parts that collectively make up the cell are called
What is protoplasm?
A blend of two or more substances that have been mixed without forming a new compound been
What is a mixture?
The vertical plane that passes through the body longitudinally, head to toe, divides the body into anterior and posterior
What is the frontal or coronal plane?
This tissue protects the body parts and produces secretions
What is epithelial tissue?
The major formed elements of the plasma
What are erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes?
The control center of the cell responsible for reproduction and coordination
What is the nucleus?
The compound element, salt in mixtures of water
What is solute?
A vertical plane that divides the body into right or left sides
What is the sagittal plane?
This tissue anchors and supports other body structures
What is connective tissue?
Cell fragments that have major role in blood clotting
What are platelets?
Organelles such as adenosine and triphosphate (ATP) used for cellular energy
What is the mitochondria?
The compound, water in a mixture
What is solvent?
This plane passes through the body horizontally diving into inferior and superior parts
What is the transverse plane?
Fibrous connective tissues that connects bone to bone
What are ligaments?
This connective tissue membranes covers bones and cartilage
What is skeletal membrane?