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35 Cards in this Set
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What are the four major types of animal tissue? |
Epithelial tissue Connective tissue Muscle tissue Nerve tissue |
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Describe epithelial tissues and one place where it can be found |
Thin sheets of tightly packed cells covering surfaces and lining internal organs. Skin |
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Describe connective tissues and one place it can be found |
Various types of cells and fibres held together by a liquid, solid or gel known as a matrix. Bones |
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Describe muscle tissues and where it can be found |
Bundles of long cells called muscle fibers that contain specialized proteins capable of shortening or contracting. Heart |
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Describe nerve tissues and where it can be found |
Long thin cells with fine branches at the ends capable of conducting electrical impulses. Brain |
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What are tissues? |
A collection of similar cells that perform a particular function within the organism |
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What is an organ? |
It is made up of two or more types of tissue that work together to perform a complex function |
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What is an organ system? |
It is one or more organ and other stuctures that work together to perform a vital body function |
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What is an organism? |
Made up of many different organ systems working together |
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State the hierachy starting from lowest to highest |
Cells Tissues Organs Organ systems Organism |
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What is regeneration? |
The process of regrowth or replacement of a body part |
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What is the one organ that humans can naturally regenerate? |
Liver |
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Name an animal that can regenerate |
Salamander (tail) |
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What are the four major organ systems? |
Digestive system Circulatory system Musculoskeletal system Nerve system |
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What is the major function of the digestive system? |
To take food, break it down and excreate the remaining waste |
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what is the major function of the circulatory system? |
Transport nutrients, oxygen and different substances around the body |
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what is the major function of the musculoskeletal system? |
protect, support, and allow the body to move around. |
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what is the major function of the nervous system? |
relaying information from internal and external environment to the brain that relays instructions on how to respond. |
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what are accessory organs? |
organs that help but are not part of the tract |
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what are the digestive systems accessory organs? |
liver, pancreas, and gallbladder |
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what are the main organs of the digestive system? (in order) |
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. |
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what are the major parts of the circulatory system? |
the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels |
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what are the different tissues in the musculoskeletal system? |
bone, muscle, ligament and tendon. |
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what are the main parts of our nervous system? |
Brain, Spinal cord, Peripheral nerves |
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what is the root system, what does it do? |
made up of one or more separate roots grows below the ground anchors the plant absorb water and minerals from the soil and stores food |
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what is the shoot system, what does it do? |
it is the stem, leaves, and flower it conducts photosynthesis and produces flowers for sexual reproduction. |
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name the different plant tissue systems |
dermal tissue vascular tissue ground tissue Meristematic tissue |
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what are the two different vascular tissues and what do they do? |
Xylem: transports water and minerals upward from roots Phloem: transports sugars and other nutrients throughout the plant |
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what does the Dermal tissue of a plant do |
form the outer surface of the plant parts |
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what does the vascular tissue of a plant do? |
specialized for the transportation of water,minerals, and nutrients |
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what does the ground tissue of a plant do? |
makes up all of the other structures within a plant |
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describe the arteries and their function in a human system |
elastic thick walled vessel carries blood away from the heart |
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describe the veins and their function in a human system |
not very thick wall, varies in size largest near the heart smaller away from it carries blood toward the heart |
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describe the capillaries and their function in a human system |
very small, thin walled vessel allows the exchange of waste nutrients and gases between the blood and body tissue. |
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what are the different types of cells that line the digestive track? |
goblet cells, muscle cells, and nerve cells |
