CELL
This is the basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
This is the largest organ of the body.
What is the skin?
Adults typically have this many bones.
What is 206?
This type of muscle is voluntary and attached to bones.
What is skeletal muscle?
This organ controls the body and processes information.
What is the brain?
This organelle controls the cell and contains DNA.
What is the nucleus?
This structure helps regulate body temperature through sweating.
What are sweat glands?
This type of joint allows movement in many directions (like the shoulder).
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
This muscle is found only in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
These cells carry messages throughout the body.
What are neurons?
This organelle produces energy for the cell.
What are mitochondria?
This pigment gives skin its color.
What is melanin?
This tissue connects bone to bone.
What are ligaments?
This muscle type is involuntary and found in organs.
What is smooth muscle?
This part of the nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
This layer of skin contains blood vessels and nerves.
What is the dermis?
This mineral is stored in bones and helps make them strong.
What is calcium?
This is what muscles work in to create movement.
What are pairs (antagonistic muscles)?
This is the body’s quick response to a stimulus without thinking.
What is a reflex?
This process allows materials to move from high to low concentration without energy.
What is diffusion?
Name one major function of the integumentary system besides protection.
What is temperature regulation / sensation / vitamin D production?
This condition causes bones to become weak and brittle.
What is osteoporosis?
This is what muscles work into to create movement.
What are pairs (antagonistic muscles)?
This part of the nervous system controls involuntary actions like the heartbeat.
What is the autonomic nervous system?