Vocab
the body's use of molecules for energy and growth
What is Metabolism?"
the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
What is the "respiratory system"?
Why can't protein molecules enter into our circulatory system?
What is "because they are too large"?
What are the four conditions we read about in class:
What is "asthma, anemia, pancreas injury and diabetes"?
What a "Villi"?
What are "Alveoli"?
The body system that takes in food and breaks it down
What is "the digestive system"?
What are "oxygen and carbon dioxide"?
Most people who have diabetes lack this
What is "insulin"?
molecules that are the building blocks of proteins
What are "Amino Acids"?
The body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body?
What is the "circulatory system"?
(Finish this sentence) Cells can only use molecules that are small enough to enter a
What is a "cell"?
In the Sim, what are the food options that we can give the healthy body (name at least two).
What are "Fish, corn, sandwiches"?
a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together
What is "Starch"?
The trillions of cells in the human body need these three molecules
What are "oxygen, glucose and amino acids"?
Molecules are measured in this
What are "nanometers"
What is "getting enough sleep or getting enough food"?
a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
What is "System"?
What is a "Pancreas Injury"?
In the Sim, glucose molecules are stored here:
What is "glucose storage"
Your role in this unit
What is a "Medical Student"