Animals
Animals with this kind of symmetry include sea stars and jellyfish.
Radial
Plant-like
Humans have this kind of symmetry.
Bilateral
In humans, these cells use hemoglobin to carry oxygen throughout the body.
Red blood cells or erythrocytes
These blood vessels lead away from the heart.
Arteries
This term describes animals with a backbone.
Vertebrate
Which kingdom of life can often be found in extreme environments such as deserts or salt springs?
Archaea
This organ releases insulin in response to sugar.
Pancreas
This middle germ layer will grow into, among other things, the musculoskeletal and circulatory systems.
Mesoderm
These types of structures arose from a common ancestor, such as the wing of a bat and the arm of a human.
Homologous
This mammalian adaptation uses modified sweat glands to produce food for their young.
Lactation
These fungus-like protists can solve mazes and network problems.
Slime molds
This category of muscle is able to be consciously controlled.
Skeletal
This is the name for an organism that causes disease.
Pathogen
This term describes organisms who cannot make their own food and must therefore consume other organisms.
Heterotrophic
This provides food for a growing embryo in an egg.
Yolk
Bacteria are called this, which means they lack a nucleus.
Prokaryotic
Myelin
This is the name for an infectious protein that can cause other proteins to misfold.
Prion
These six-legged animals are the most common type of arthropod.
Insect
This is the term for animals who give live birth.
Viviparous
Bacteria reproduce by splitting in two during this process.
Binary fission
We are born with this type of immunity, which includes epithelial layers and phagocytes.
Innate
This type of cell in the nervous system senses light.
Photoreceptors
These grape-like structures are surrounded by capillaries in the lungs.
Alveoli