Circulatory
Respiratory
Immune
Cells and Life Processes
Potpourri
100

This type of blood cell carries oxygen

What is a Red Blood Cell?

What is an Erythrocyte?

100

This is also known as the "windpipe"

What is the trachea?

100

The functional cell type of the immune system

What are white blood cells?

What are leukocytes?

100

This organelle is the control center of the cell

What is the nucleus?

100

This group is what we compare the experimental group against in an experiment

What is the control group?

200

These prevent the backflow of blood in circulation

What are valves?

200

These tiny hair-like structures line mucosal surfaces 

What are cilia?

200

This process means to engulf and destroy

What is phagocytosis?

200

These organelles are small stud-like structures responsible for synthesizing proteins

What are ribosomes?

200

This is where new red blood cells are formed

What is bone marrow?

300

This type of transport is involved in gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries

What is diffusion?

What is passive transport?

300

These structures are analogous to the smaller branches on a tree

What are bronchioles?

300

This includes bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi

What are pathogens?

300

When energy is expended to move molecules across the plasma membrane

What is active transport?

300

These small protein molecules are responsible for catalyzing chemical reactions and breaking down larger molecules in digestion

What are enzymes?

400

This disease is characterized by a unique shape of red blood cells in patients

What is Sickle Cell Anemia?

400

This muscle is key in inhalation and exhalation

What is the diaphragm?

400

These markers determine if a cell or molecule is "self" or "invading"

What are antigens?

400

Water moving across a semipermeable membrane

What is Osmosis?

400

These y-shaped molecules are made by white blood cells to label invaders for destruction

What are antibodies?

500

Prolonged intensive exercise can lead to the build-up of this chemical waste product

What is Lactic Acid?

500

Respiratory surfaces have these qualities (name 2)

What is warm?

What is moist? 

What is a large surface area?

What is 1-cell thick?

500

This is the key "ingredient" in vaccines

What is a weakened/dead pathogen?
500

This process refers to the uniting of sperm and egg cells in reproduction

What is fertilization?
500

This cell organelle is responsible for modifying, packaging, and shipping proteins within a cell

What is the Golgi?