Plant Systems
These pores on leaves allow gas exchange.
What are stomata?
This enzyme in saliva begins the breakdown of starch.
What is amylase?
This chemical in red blood cells carries oxygen.
What is haemoglobin?
Tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange happens.
What are alveoli?
Connective tissue that links muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
The plant tissue responsible for transporting sugars.
What is phloem?
The muscular contractions that push food through the oesophagus.
What is peristalsis?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart under high pressure.
What are arteries?
The muscle that contracts downward when you inhale.
What is the diaphragm?
The type of joint found in the elbow or knee.
What is a hinge joint?
Double Points!
This process moves water from the roots to the leaves through xylem.
What is the transpiration stream?
Finger-like structures in the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
What are villi?
The heart’s upper chambers are called this.
What are atria?
These kidney structures filter blood and form urine.
What are nephrons?
The bone cells that dissolve and break down old bone tissue.
What are osteoclasts?
The male reproductive structure of a flower.
What is the stamen?
The stomach secretes this acid to aid digestion.
What is hydrochloric acid?
The blood pressure fraction is expressed as this over this.
What is systolic over diastolic?
Double Points!
The cuplike structure in nephrons that surrounds the glomerulus.
What is Bowman's capsule?
The process by which cartilage is replaced by bone as you grow.
What is ossification?
A type of asexual reproduction where plants make seed clones without fertilisation.
What is apomixis?
The organ that produces bile to break down fats.
What is the liver?
These small cell fragments help clot blood.
What are platelets?
The nitrogenous waste product formed from protein breakdown in the liver.
What is urea?
The living tissue inside bones where blood cells are made.
What is bone marrow?