Apologia Exploring Creation with General Science Module 15
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Lymphatic system | Removes excess fluid from your body's tissues and returns it to the bloodstream
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| Gland | A group of cells that prepare and release a chemical for use by the body
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| Lymphocytes | White blood cells found in the lymph system
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| B-cells | Lymphocytes that produce antibodies that attack specific disease-causing microorganisms
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| T-cells | Lymphocytes that attack microorganisms directly
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| Vaccine | A weakened or inactive version of a pathogen that stimulates the body's production of anti-bodies that can destroy the pathogen
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| Urinary system | Controls the amount of water you retain, as well as the levels of the many substances in that water
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| Renal artery | Brings blood into the kidney
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| Nephron | Filters the blood while in the kidney
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| Renal Vein | Takes blood back to the heart from the kidney
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| Renal pelvis | Area through which excess water and chemicals that were not reabsorbed into the blood flow out of the kidney
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| Bladder | Where the urine is held
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| Urethra | Where the urine leaves the body
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| Hormone | A chemical messenger released into the bloodstream that sends signals to distant cells, causing them to change their behavior in specific ways
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| Hypothalamus | One of the main regulators of the endocrine system. It controls the pituitary gland.
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| Pituitary gland | Referred to as the "master endocrine gland" because the hormones that makes it and sends into the bloodstream control many other endocrine glands
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| Thyroid gland | Primarily affects the basal metabolic rate
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| Parathyroid gland | Regulates the level of calcium in the body
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| Thymus gland | Releases a hormone which stimulates the development of the white blood cells (T-cells)
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| Adrenal gland | Produces coritsol, which causes the liver to release more glucose so that there is plenty of energy available to the body
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| Pancreas | Produces insulin that enables glucose to enter the cells so that it can be burned
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