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Boady system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| metabolism | the body's use of molecules for energy and growth |
| glucose | a molecule that organisms can use to release energy.and that is mad of carbon,hydrogen,and oxygen atoms |
| oxygen | a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy |
| amino acids | molecules that are the building blocks of proteins |
| system | a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole |
| digestive system | the body system that takes in food and breaks it down |
| repiratory system | the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide |
| circulatory system | the boady system that transports molecules to and from all of the body |
| energy | the ability to make things move or chang |
| protein | a category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things |
| starch | a type of energy storage molecule made of many glocuse molecules connected together |
| tissue | a group of cells that work together to perform a specific job |
| heart | muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body |
| arteries | blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood throughout the body |
| veins | blood vessles that carry oxygen rich blood from the heart to the body |
| capillaries | tinny blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen,carbon dioxide |
| lungs | main organd of the repirotory system where gas exchange occurs |
| diaphragm | muscular structure that separtes the chest cavity from abdomin cavity and plays a key role in breathing |
| alveoli | tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place |
| ingestion | process of taking food into the body |
| digestion | process of breaking food down into its smallest parts |
| excretion | to remove waste |
| homeostasis | the body's ability to maintain a stable internal environment,even when external conditions change |
| voluntary | you need to decide on the action think it before it happens,done by choice |
| involuntary | happens without you thing about it,occurs, aoutmatically |
| smooth muscle | type of muscle found in internal organs the operates involuntarily you dont have to think about it for it to happens |
| cardiac muscle | the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases and every into cells |
| cellular respiration | process by which oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide it's released by an organism |
| repiration |