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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ingestion | Process of taking food into the body |
| Digestion | Process of breaking food down into its smaller parts |
| Respiration | Process by which oxygen is taken in and carbon dioxcide is released by an organism |
| Excretion | To remove waste |
| Homeostasis | The bodys ability to maintain a stable internal environment even when external conditions change |
| Voluntary | You need to decide on the action before it happens |
| involuntary | Happens without thinking about doing it |
| Smooth Muscle | Type of muscle found in internal organs that operates involuntary |
| Cardiac Muscle | type of muscle tissues that make up the heart and operates involuntarily |
| Cellular Respiration | The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells |
| Tissue | A group of cells that work together to preform a specific job |
| Heart | Muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body |
| Arteries | Blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood from the heart to the body |
| Veins | Blood vessels that return oxygen poor blood back into the heart |
| Capillaries | Tiny blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste occurs between 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 respitory system where gas change occurs |
| Diaphragm | Muscular structure that seperates 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 |
| Metabolism | The bodys use of molecules for energy and growth |
| Glucose | A molecule that organisms can use to releas energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules |
| 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 |
| Circulatory system | The body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body |
| Energy | The ability to make things change and/or move |
| Protein | A category of large molecules that preform important functions inside living things |
| Starch | A type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together |
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