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Unit 3 Lesson 5
Cells & Body Systems - Parts of a Multicellular Organism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bronchi | tubes that carry air into the lungs |
| carbon dioxide | a gas exhaled from the body |
| diaphragm | a layer of muscle and connective tissue that separates the chest from the abdomen and pulls air into the lungs with it contracts |
| invertebrate | an animal that does not have a spinal column; not having a vertebrae |
| multicellular | an organism that is made of more than one cell |
| organ | a collection of tissues that work together to perform a specific function or set of functions |
| organ system | a group of organs, each with different functions but a similar collective purpose |
| respiratory system | the organ system that exchanges gases between an organism's internal and external environments |
| tissue | cells with the same function connected together into structures |
| trachea | the air tube connecting the mouth the lungs |
| model | a representation of something based on data and observations that is used by scientists to help predict the behavior of complex systems, especially those that are too small or large to work with directly |