Diffusion/Osmosis
When substances move through the cell membrane.
What is diffusion?
An organism that is made up of one single cell.
What is unicellular?
This tissue supports other tissues and connects different parts of the body.
What is connective tissue?
This system removes chemical and gaseous waste from the blood.
What is the excretory system?
The 'engine' of your circulatory system.
What is the heart?
The process in which particles move from areas of high concentration to areas of lower concentration.
What is diffusion?
An organism that is made up of multiple cells of different types.
What is multi-cellular?
Your skin and lining of various passages in your body are made of this type of tissue.
What is epithelial?
This system transports oxygen to the blood and carbon dioxide to the outside air.
What is the respiratory system?
Tube-like vessels that transport blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
When a structure, such as a wall or cell membrane, allows the particles of some substances to move through but not others.
What is selectively permeable?
The approximate number of skin cells that your body replaces every day.
What is 50 000 000?
This tissue is specialized for contraction.
What is muscle tissue?
This system co-ordinates and controls the actions of all organs and organ systems.
What is the nervous system?
Tube-like vessels that transport blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
The diffusion of water particles through a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
These cells carry oxygen to all other cells in your body.
What are red blood cells?
This tissue carries messages to and from various parts of your body.
What is nervous tissue?
This system breaks food down into particles that can be absorbed and transported throughout the body.
What is the digestive system?
The name for 'bulges' in arteries.
What is a pulse?
The process many Saskatchewan towns use to provide good quality drinking water to their communities.
What is reverse osmosis?
These cells are made in the bone marrow.
What are red blood cells?
Blood, fat, bones, and tendons are all this type of tissue.
What is connective tissue?
This system uses information gained from your senses to detect, process, and respond to changes in your environment.
What is the nervous system?
In addition to transporting oxygen, food, waste and other substances through the body and connecting all other organ systems, your circulatory system connects all other organ systems and helps defend the body against these.
What are diseases?