Matter/chemistry
Enzymes usually end in this suffix.
What is -ase.
This is an outer layer of most cells.
What is the plasma membrane.
This process is a special type of diffusion of water through a semipermiable membrane.
Osmosis
This tissue type helps to form barriers separating the body's internal environment.
What is epithelial tissue.
This term or suffix means a benign tumor.
What is -oma.
This term is used for complex substances that are broken down into simpler components.
What is catabolism.
This organelle is known as the 'power house' of the cell.
What is the mitochrondria.
A solution that is less concentrated than the cytoplasm.
What is hypotonic.
There are three types of ephithelial tissue.
What are squamous, cuboidal and columnar.
This term or root means disease.
What is Path/o.
This term means all the life-sustaining chemical reactions that occur in the body.
What is metabolism.
Cytoplasm, or material that fills a cell, has another name.
What is cytosol.
This term means " to eat"
What is phagocytosis.
This organ or cell specializes to produce a substance that is sent out to other parts of the body.
What is a gland.
This term/root means sugar.
What is glyc/o.
This is the cells high-energy compound, that is broken down for energy.
What is ATP- adenosine triphosphate.
This organelle, contains chromosomes.
What is the nucleus.
This is the proces of normal division of somatic cells.
What is mitosis.
There are three types of muscle tissues.
What is skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle.
This term/prefix means deficient, below or beneath.
What is hyp/o.
Kinetic energy is this type of energy.
What is movement.
This process is the net movement of particles from a region of high concentration to low concentration.
What is diffusion.
This term means that the substance can cause cancer.
What is a carcinogen.
This term is for the basic unit of nervous tissue.
What is a neuron.
This term/root means blood.
What is hem/o or hemat/o.