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angiosperms - ANSWER refers to all flowering seed plants, which produce seeds that are covered by fruit monocots - ANSWER plants with only one cotyledon per seed; parallel veins, flower petals in multiples of 3, fibrous root system pulmonary - ANSWER these arteries carry blood from the heart to the lungs ventricles - ANSWER thick-walled chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart and to the body coronary arteries - ANSWER arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood systole - ANSWER the contracting and pumping phase of heart action liver - ANSWER organ known as the "chemical factory of the body" alveoli - ANSWER tiny air sacs in the lungs that allow gases to be exchanged between the air and the blood diaphragm - ANSWER a thick sheet of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and functions in respiration retina - ANSWER inner layer of the eye that detects light and produces nerve impulses cochlea - ANSWER snail-shaped structure of the inner ear that senses sound vibrations and generates nerve impulses central - ANSWER this division of the nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord cerebellum - ANSWER the lower part of the brain that helps control balance and coordinates voluntary muscle activity cerebrum - ANSWER the upper part of the brain that coordinates thought, memory, and learned behaviors amino acids - ANSWER the building blocks (smaller molecules of long chains) of proteins ATP - ANSWER energy carrier for the cell carbohydrate intake - ANSWER should be 45-65% of our calories enzymes - ANSWER catalysts produced by living cells to bring about or speed up specific chemical reactions axon - ANSWER the long fiber of a neuron that transmits signals from the cell body to other nerve cells vitamin C - ANSWER an example of a water-soluble vitamin small intestine - ANSWER the primary organ of digestion and absorption hydrochloric acid - ANSWER acid in the stomach that kills bacteria and helps soften foods motor neurons - ANSWER carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the body parts thyroxine - ANSWER thyroid hormone that regulates general activities related to metabolism and oxidation epidermis - ANSWER protects and covers the leaf; the part of the skin that is exposed to t