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Neuron   nerves that carry impulses throughout the body  
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Sensory neuron   nerves that transmit stimuli from receptors to the brain/spinal cord  
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Motor neurons   nerves conducting impulses from brain/spinal cord to muscles/glands  
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Interneuron   nerve cells throughout brain/spinal cord transmitting impulses from sensory or motor neurons  
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Central nervous system   made up of brain and spinal cord  
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Peripheral nervous system   made up of all nerves outside of the Central Nervous system  
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Main function of endocrine system   produce hormones  
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Pituitary Gland   controls glands  
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Thyroid Gland   use carbs  
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Parathyroids Gland   use calcium  
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Adrenal Gland   makes adrenaline  
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Disinfectants   kills pathogens on objects  
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Louis Pasteur   proved that harmful bacteria could cause disease and he developed a method of using heat to kill pathogens  
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Pasteurization   to purify  
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Antiseptics   kills pathogens on skin and prevents them from growing there for some time after  
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Antibodies   proteins made by the body in a response to a specific antigen  
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Antigens   proteins and chemicals that are foreign to the body  
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Pathogens   any organism that produces disease  
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Communicable disease   spread from one organism to another organism  
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Bacteria   the agent of strep throat and tetanus  
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Virus   the agent of colds and influenza  
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Communicable diseases are spread   through water and air, on food, by contact with contaminated objects, and by biological vectors  
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Human body line of defense: nostrils   catch with mucus  
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Human body line of defense: mouth   coughs out  
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AIDS can kill by HIV attacking   B cells which are white blood cells that produce antibodies  
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Fever fights   pathogens by slowing their growth and speeding up your body’s reactions  
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Fever   second line of defense  
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Immune system is made up of   cells, tissues, organs, and body systems  
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Genotype   the genetic make up of an organism for a trait  
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Phenotype   a physical trait that shows as a result of an organism’s particular genotype  
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Trait   physical trait  
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Hemophilia   blood does not clot properly  
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Sickle-cell anemia   spiked red blood cells that clog passageways  
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Prophase   when chromosomes become visible  
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DNA   deoxyribonucleic acids  
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Selective breeding   purposely breeding to get a specific type of the offspring  
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