Organelles
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100

This semi-permeable structure regulates the movement of substances into and out of the cell.

What is the cell memberane?

100

What do you blow your nose with?

Your respiratory system, which is made up of epithelial tissues.

100

This is the key part of the circulatory system. Its function is to bump blood around to the body to all the cells.

What is the heart?

100

A process by which the molecules of a solvent pass from a solution of low concentration to a solution of high concentration through a semi-permeable membrane

What is osmosis?

200

This small organelle assembles proteins by reading messenger RNA instructions.

What is a ribosome?

200

This tissue type binds, supports, and protects other tissues in the body.

Connective tissue

200

This is a recessive genetic disorder affecting the mucous lining of the lungs, leading to breathing problems and other difficulties

What is Cystic Fibrosis?

200

This piece of scientific equipment costs $75,000 - $10,000,000

What is an electron microscope?

300

This type of endoplasmic reticulum lacks ribosomes and is involved in lipid synthesis and detoxification.

What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

300

What tissue consists of  neurons?

Nervous tissue

300

This is the yellow colour or the bad taste left in your mouth after vomiting

What is bile?

300

The movement of water within the spaces of a porous material due to the forces of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension.

What is capillary action?

400

This network of protein filaments maintains the cell’s shape and enables intracellular transport.

What is the cytoskeleton?

400

This tissue type is responsible for movement and includes skeletal, smooth, and cardiac types. It contracts to produce force.  

What is muscle tissue

400

This covers the axon and allows the nerve impulse to jump along

What is the myelin sheath

400

The pressure exerted by fluid in a cell that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall

What is turgor pressure?

500

This organelle produces, stores, and break down starches in plant tissues.

What is the amyloplast?

500

This tissue covers the body’s surfaces and lines its cavities. It can be found in the skin and the lining of the digestive tract.

Epithelial tissue

500

This makes cerebrospinal fluid that protects the brain and spinal cord

What are the ventricles?

500

Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden

Who invented the original cell theory?