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Metabolism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Metabolism | The body's use of molecules for energy and grwoth |
| Glucose | A molecule that oragraninsms can use to realest energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. |
| Oxygen | A molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to a 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 systemt hat takes in food and breaks it down. |
| Respiratory System | The body system that takes in aeoxygen and realest carbon dioxide |
| Circulatory System | The body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body |
| Energy | The ability to make things move or change |
| Protein | A category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things |
| Starch | A type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together. |
| Tissue | A group of cells that work together to perform a specific job |
| Arteries | Blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood from the heart to the body |
| Veins | Blood vessels that return oxygen poor blood back to the heart |
| Heart | Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body |
| Capillaries | Tiny blood vessels where the exchaange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste occurs betewwn the blood and the cells |
| Circulation | Movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels, delivering oxygen & nutrients to the body and removing waste products |
| Lungs | Main organ of the respiratory system where gas exchange occurs |
| Diaphragm | Muscular structure that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal 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 |
| Digeston | Process of breaking down food into its pmallest parts |
| Respiration | Process by which oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxide is released by an oranism |
| Excretion | To remove waste |
| Homeostasis | The body's ability to maintain a stable internal enviornment, even when external conditions change |
| Voluntary | You need to decide on the reaction (think it) before it happens, done by choice |
| Involuntary | Happens without you thinking about it, occurs automatically |
| Smooth Muscle | Tpye of muslce oufnd in internal organs that operates involuntarily. Example: muscle that makes up the esophagus |
| Cardiac Muscle | Type of muscle tissue that makes up the heart and operates involuntarily |
| Cellular respiration | The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that realesse energy into cells |