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Body systems, coordination, disease, immune system

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Enzymes   proteins that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in living things  
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Respiration   the process by which the chemical bond energy stored in nutrients is released for use in cells  
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Synthesis   a life process that involves combining simple substances into more complex substances  
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Biochemical process   a chemical process that occurs in a living thing  
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Photosynthesis   the process by which some organisms are able to capture light energy and use it to make food from carbon dioxide and water  
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Homeostasis   the ability of an organism to maintain a stable internal environment even when the external environment changes  
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Glucose   a sugar that is a major source of energy for cells  
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ATP   (adenine triphosphate) a compound that stores energy in cells  
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Chloroplasts   green organelles that contain chlorophyll; where photosynthesis takes place  
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Gas exchange   the process of obtaining oxygen from the environment and releasing carbon dioxide  
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Catalyst   a substance that can speed up the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed or used up during the reaction  
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pH   a measure of whether a substance is acidic, neutral, or basic  
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Dynamic equilibrium   the constant small corrections that normally occur to keep an organism’s internal environment within the limits needed for survival  
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Feedback mechanism   a cycle in which the output of a system either modifies or reinforces the first action taken by the system  
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Stimulus   any change in the internal or external environment that causes an organism to react  
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Pancreas   an endocrine organ that secretes insulin  
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Insulin   a hormone that prompts glucose to move from the blood into body cells,  
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Guard cells   specialized cells that control the opening and closing of the pores on the surface of a leaf  
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Disease   a condition, other than injury, that prevents the body from working as it should  
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Pathogen   an organism that invades the body, causing disease  
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Virus   a nonliving particle of protein and genetic material that reproduces by invading the cell of a living organism  
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Bacterium   any one of many single-celled organisms without a distinct nucleus  
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Fungi   the kingdom of organisms that are mostly multicellular, have cell walls made of chitin, and are heterotrophic  
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Parasite   an organism that survives by living and feeding on other organisms  
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Immune system   the body’s primary defense against disease-causing pathogens  
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Antigen   a molecule found on the outer surfaces of cells that the immune system recognizes as either part of the body or an outside invader  
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Antibody   a protein, produced by the immune system, that either attacks invading pathogens or marks them for killing  
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Microbe   any microscopic organism  
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Vaccines   a substance made of weakened, killed, or partial pathogens and designed to protect the body from future invasions of that pathogen  
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AIDS   (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) the disease that results when the HIV virus attacks the human immune system  
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Allergy   a condition in which a person’s immune system is overly sensitive to environmental substances that are normally harmless  
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Cancer   the disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body  
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Histamine   a compound that is released by cells in response to injury and in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of capillaries  
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HIV   Human Immunodeficiency Virus weakens your immune system by infect and destroy t-cells, leaving the body vulnerable to disease and infection  
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White Blood Cell   Blood cells that work for the immune system  
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Macrophage   a large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, especially at sites of infection  
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Memory cell   a long-lived lymphocyte capable of responding to a particular antigen on its reintroduction, long after the exposure that prompted its production  
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Plasma cell   a fully differentiated B cell that produces a single type of antibody  
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Tumor   a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign (safe) or malignant (deadly)  
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