Vocabulary
Functions as the government of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
The major function is gas exchange.
What are the lungs?
The main function is to obtain nutrients from food.
What is digestive tract?
A disease characterized by a high level of blood glucose.
What is diabetes?
Power plants of the cell.
What is mitochondria?
The main function is send chemical messages.
What is neurotransmitters?
The major organ is skin.
What is integumentary system?
They fight infections and clean up debris and dying cells.
What is white blood cell?
These destroy invaders and also break apart worn out organelles.
What are lysosomes?
Smallest bone in the body.
What is the stapes?
Production of new blood cells takes place here.
What is skeletal system?
4 chambers.
What is the heart?
Organelle float in this substance which feels like runny jelly.
What is cytoplasm?
This organ stores vitamins, minerals and glucose.
What is the liver?
Home of the pyloric sphincter.
What is gastrointestinal system?
Layers of the skin.
What are epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous (or hypodermis)?
It serves as the primary carrier of genetic information in living organisms.
What is DNA?
The cell burns _______ to create energy.
What is glucose?
This organ protects friendly bacteria during some illnesses.
What is the appendix?
The heart and blood vessels.
What is cardiovascular system?
Vitamin we get from the sun.
What is Vitamin D?