Metabolism
This is the process that allows the body to get and use energy from food.
What is metabolism?
This system brings in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
Cells use these two molecules to release energy.
What are glucose and oxygen?
Elisa’s cells were not getting enough of this molecule, which made her tired.
What is glucose?
This system takes in food and breaks it down into molecules.
What is the digestive system?
These are the building blocks that make up all living things.
What are cells?
This system moves molecules like oxygen and glucose around the body.
What is the circulatory system?
The gas that cells make when they use energy from food.
What is carbon dioxide?
This organ in the circulatory system helps move blood to every cell.
What is the heart?
This system controls breathing and brings oxygen into the body.
What is the respiratory system?
This is the main molecule from food that cells use for energy.
What is glucose?
This system breaks food into smaller molecules that can enter the blood.
What is the digestive system?
The part of the cell where energy is released from molecules.
What are mitochondria?
Elisa's test revealed she had a problem with molecules being absorbed by her cells. What system was affected?
What is the circulatory system?
This system moves blood and molecules to all parts of the body.
What is the circulatory system?
These molecules are needed by cells to grow and repair body parts.
What are amino acids?
These openings in cells let molecules move in and out.
What are cell membranes?
When you exercise, your cells need more of this molecule.
What is oxygen?
What was the name of Elisa's medical condition?
What is diabetes?
These three systems work together to get oxygen and glucose to cells.
What are the respiratory, digestive, and circulatory systems?
This word means that a cell or organism is not getting what it needs to work properly.
What is a medical condition?
These cells allow molecules to flow through the circulatory system.
This process increased the performance of metabolism, but at a cost to your heart's health.
What is "blood doping"?
What would benefit Elisa in treating her medical condition?
What is insulin?
When these systems work together correctly, this happens inside the body.
What is homeostasis (or balance)?