CELLS
A colorless, jelly-like substance in which protein, fats, carbohydrates, mineral salts, and water are present.
What is Protoplasm?
A collection of similar cells that perform a particular function.
What is tissues?
What is anatomy?
Responsible for processes by which plants and animals produce offspring.
What is the reproductive system?
Changes food into nutrients and wastes.
What is the digestive system?
The dense, active protoplasm found in the center of cells; it plays an important part in cell reproduction and metabolism.
What is the nucleus?
A fibrous tissue that binds together, protects, and supports the various parts of the body.
The study of the functions and activities performed by the body's structures.
What is physiology?
Controls the steady circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels.
What is the circulatory system?
Covers, shapes, and supports the skeleton tissue; also contracts and moves various parts of the body.
What is the muscular system?
The watery fluid that surrounds the nucleus of the cell and is needed for growth, reproduction, and self-repair.
What is cytoplasm?
A protective covering on body surfaces, such as the skin, mucous membranes, linings of the heart, digestive and respiratory organs, and glands.
What is epithelial tissue?
Structures composed of specialized tissues designed to perform specific functions in plants and animals.
What are organs?
Enables breathing, supplying the body with oxygen, and eliminating carbon dioxide as a waste product.
What is the respiratory system?
Physical foundation of the body; consists of 206 bones that vary in size and shape and are connected by movable and immovable joints.
What is the skeletal system?
The part of the cell that encloses the protoplasm and permits soluble substances to enter and leave the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
What is muscle tissue?
Groups of body organs acting together to perform one or more functions.
What are body systems?
Controls and coordinates all other systems inside and outside of the body and makes them work harmoniously and efficiently.
What is the nervous system?
Protects the body from disease by developing immunities and destroying disease-causing toxins and bacteria.
What is the lymphatic system?
The usual process of cell reproduction of human tissues that occurs when the cell divides into two identical cells called daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
Carries messages to and from the brain, and controls and coordinates all body functions.
What is nerve tissue?
Name the two types of nerves found in the body.
What are sensory and motor nerves?
Affects the growth, development, sexual functions, and health of the entire body; consists of specialized glands.
What is the endocrine system?
Purifies the body by the elimination of waste matter.
What is the excretory system?
Serves as a protective covering and helps in regulating the body's temperature. Consists of skin and its accessory organs such as oil and sweat glands.
What is the integumentary system?