Cells
The powerhouse of the cell.
What is the Mitochondria?
The nitrogenous base that pairs with cytosine.
What is guanine?
The process of oxygen or carbon dioxide molecules passively moving from areas of higher to lower concentration.
What is diffusion?
DNA enclosed in a capsule that "highjacks" its host, forcing the cell to replicate itself to the point of bursting, causing symptoms within the host.
What is a virus?
The organ responsible for absorbing nutrients into the blood stream through villi.
What is the small intestine?
The semi-permeable "gate keeper" of the cell, controlling the movement of substances into and out of the cell.
The complimentary base pairs of ATCTTG.
What is TAGAAC?
The chambers of your heart that pump blood out of the heart, either to the lungs or rest of the body.
What are ventricles?
The response of the body responsible for swelling, redness, pain, and increased temperate at an injury site.
What is the inflammatory response?
The two sections of the autonomic nervous system.
What are the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
The organelle in cells responsible for breaking down waste.
What is the lysosome?
What is helicase?
The blood vessels that connect arteries and veins, performing gas exchange in the lungs or at cells in the body.
What are capillaries?
The three ways our body prevents foreign substances from entering our bodies.
What is skin, mucus, and stomach acid?
The part of the neuron that transmits electrical signals away from the cell body, towards other neurons.
What are axons?
The process in which cells divide into four, haploid daughter cells.
What is meiosis?
The DNA strand is made up of a nitrogenous base, a phosphate, and a _________.
What is a sugar?
The "branches" of the respiratory system, located between the bronchi and the alveoli.
What are the bronchioles?
With the scientific name "phagocytes", these cells scan the body for invaders, engulfing them when detected.
What are White Blood Cells?
The organ responsible for producing bile to break down lipids.
What is the liver?
The gel-like fluid that suspends the other organelles within the cell.
What is the cytoplasm?
The small strands of DNA that are formed on the lagging strand during DNA replication.
What are Okazaki fragments?
The procedure that inserts a catheter into a blocked artery, creating a larger opening for blood flow.
What is an angioplasty?
The cell in the immune system responsible for "remembering" different antigens and producing antibodies to neutralize the threat.
What are B cells?
The small gap between the myelin that surround the axon.
What are the nodes of ranvier?