Genetics
A process that produces identical daughter cells for growth or repair
What is mitosis?
The cells in blood that transport oxygen
What are red blood cells?
The organ where gas exchange occurs in the lungs
What are alveoli?
The flap that prevents food from entering the trachea
What is the epiglottis?
The stage of mitosis where the nuclear envelope reforms
What is telophase?
Different versions of the same gene found at the same locus
What are alleles?
The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
The dome-shaped muscle that contracts during inhalation
What is the diaphragm?
Wave-like muscle contractions that move food
What is peristalsis?
Gas exchanged for oxygen in the alveoli
What is carbon dioxide?
The structure that holds sister chromatids together
What is a centromere?
The main artery leaving the left ventricle of the heart
What is the aorta?
The tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi
What is the trachea?
The organ that produces bile
What is the liver?
The part of the digestive system that absorbs water
What is the large intestine?
The stage of mitosis where a pair of homologous chromosomes align at the cell equator
What is metaphase II
Tiny vessels where gas exchange occurs in the circulatory system
What are capillaries?
Movement of air into and out of the lungs
What is ventilation?
Microscopic structures that increase surface area in the small intestine
What are villi?
The component of blood that helps clot wounds
The component of blood that helps clot wounds
Exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes
What is crossing over?
The term for having two separate loops of blood circulation
What is double circulation?
Tiny hairs that filter air in the nasal cavity
What are cilia?
The enzyme that begins starch digestion in the mouth
What is amylase?
The enzyme that begins starch digestion in the mouth
What is amylase?