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Human organs
Science 7A
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| Organ that controls what the body does. | brain |
| Part of the microscope you look down. | eyepiece lens |
| Wheel on a microscope that moves parts of the microscope to get the image into focus. | focusing wheel |
| Organ that pumps blood. | heart |
| What you see down a microscope. | image |
| an organ used to digest, absorb and remove water from food | intestine |
| Organs used to clean the blood and make urine. | kidneys |
| Plant organ used to make food using photosynthesis. | leaf |
| Organ used to make and destroy substances in our bodies. | liver |
| Organs used to take oxygen out of the air and put waste carbon dioxide into the air. | lungs |
| How much bigger a microscope makes something appear. | magnification |
| Used to magnify small things. | microscope |
| A large part of a plant or animal that does a very important job. | organ |
| Process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work. | photosynthesis |
| Plant organ used to take water out of the soil. | root |
| Organ used for protection and feeling. | skin |
| Glass sheet that a specimen is put on. | slide |
| What you look at down a microscope. | specimen |
| Plant organ used to take water to the leaves and to support the leaves. | stem |
| Organ used to store and break up food. | stomach |
| Organs are made of different tissues. | tissue |
| the basic unit which living things are made of | cell |
| controls what goes into and out of a cell | cell surface membrane |
| tough wall around plant cells. Helps to support the cell | cell wall |
| jelly inside a cell where the cell's activities happen | cytoplasm |
| controls what a cell does | nucleus |
| storage space in plant cells | vacuole |
| when something has certain features to help it do a particular job. | adapted |
| cell that can change its length and so help us to move | muscle cell |
| cell that carries messages around the body | nerve cell |
| cell found in roots. It has a large surface area to help the cell absorb water quickly | root hair cell |
| part of the stamen. It produces pollen grains | anther |
| part of the stamen. It supports the anther. | filament |
| organ system containing reproductive organs - carpel(female), stamen(male) | flower |
| something used to carry seeds. Can be fleshy or dry | fruit |
| part of the carpel. It contains the ovules, each of which contain an egg cell | ovary (in a plant) |
| contains the egg cells | ovule |
| the male sex cell in plants | pollen grain |
| transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma | pollination |
| contains a plant embryo and a store of food | seed |
| male reproductive organ found in flowers. It is made of an anther and a filament | stamen |
| part of the carpel. It is where pollen lands | stigma |
| part of the carpel connecting the stigma to the ovary. | style |