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Mind Over Matter
Body Signals
100
This organelle is responsible for cellular respiration (aka "powerhouse" of the cell)
Mitochondria
100
This two-headed muscle flexes the forearm/elbox
Biceps (brachii)
100
This organ pumps blood to the body
Heart
100
This organ is the control center of the body
Brain
100
This hormone helps lower blood sugar
Insulin
200
The largest organelle that contains the cell's DNA
Nucleus
200
Four muscles that run down the front of your leg that extend the knee
Quads (Quadriceps)
200
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
Arteries
200
This cell sends signals throughout your body
Hint: You are born with all of them & they can't divide
Neurons
200
This hormone from the pineal gland helps you sleep at night
Melatonin
300
This part of the cell is selectively permeable (controls what goes in and out)
Cell membrane/Plasma membrane
300
When you cross your arms over your chest, these muscles in your upper chest are at work
Pecs (pectoralis major)
300
What cell fragments create blood clots
Platelets
300
This side of the brain is the 'artsy' side
Right
300
This hormone is released during childbirth, breastfeeding, and even hugging
Hint: the "love" hormone
Oxytocin
400
The condensed form of DNA is found during cell division
Hint: You inherit one set of these from each parent
Chromosome
400
This triangular muscle covers the upper back and shoulders and helps lift and rotate your arms.
Hint: It forms a diamond shape on your upper back.
Trapezius
400
What is the universal blood donor?
O negative
400
A rapid response that doesn't involve high brain functions
Ex: Knee jerk
Reflex
400
This hormone promotes the breakdown of glucose and other stored nutrients in response to stress
Cortisol
500
These are the 4 phases of mitosis
Hint: Think PMAT; all end in -phase
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
500
This broad, flat muscle in your lower back and sides helps pull your arms down and back
Latissimus Dorsi
500
This term describes the force that blood exerts on the walls of your arteries as it moves through your body
Blood pressure
500
This functional area of the brain is involved in our intellectual and personality such as judgment, decision-making, and planning
Hint: One of the last regions of the brain to mature
Prefrontal cortex
500
This organ has endocrine and digestive functions and produces hormones that help regulate blood glucose levels
Pancreas