Mitosis - Answers Cell division in eukaryotes that produces two daughter cells, each with the same
chromosome number as the parent cell
Meiosis - Answers Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
Nucelus - Answers large organelle that contains the chromosomes and acts as a cell control center
Mitochondria - Answers organelles specialized for synthesizing ATP...Powerhouse
plasma membrane (cell membrane) - Answers surrounds the cell and maintains its internal environment
through the property of selective permeability
Macromolecules - Answers Very large molecules, four major types of which are important to living
things: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids
nucleic acids - Answers Long molecules made of nucleotides; DNA and RNA
Cytoplasm - Answers The material within a eukaryotic cell that supports and suspends structures inside
the cell membrane and transfers materials required for cellular processes
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answers A cell organelle that synthesizes and concentrates lipids in the
cell; does not contain ribosomes
organelle - Answers A specialized part of a cell that has a specific function and is found in the cell's
cytoplasm
Golgi apparatus - Answers Modifying, sorting and packaging proteins and lipids
Ribosome - Answers Synthesizes proteins in a cell
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answers Contains ribosomes; synthesizes and processes proteins in the
cell
Vacuole - Answers A cell organelle that serves as storage for a variety of substances, including water,
toxins, and carbohydrates
Lymphocytes - Answers A type of white blood cell that make antibodies to fight off infections
Monocytes - Answers Cells differentiate into macrophages and dendritic cells to help control microbial
infections
passive immunity - Answers temporary immunity acquired
through the transfer of antibodies
from another individual or organism,
, active immunity - Answers Long-lasting immunity that the body
develops after exposure to a
disease-causing organism,
Lyosome - Answers A cell organelle that aids in digestion and the recycling of old cell materials
Chemicals, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism - Answers the six components of the biological
hierarchy of the body, from least to most complex
parietal lobe - Answers receives sensory input for touch and body position
Cerebellum - Answers Balance and coordination
occipital lobe - Answers vision
temporal lobe - Answers hearing
brain stem function - Answers heart rate, breathing, transmit messages between brain and spinal cord
frontal lobe - Answers associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and
problem solving
Ovaries - Answers Glands that produce the egg cells and hormones
fallopian tubes - Answers tubes which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus, provides the place
where fertilization occurs
Uterus - Answers used to house the developing fetus.
Cervix - Answers The opening to the uterus
Estrogen - Answers Female sex hormone
Pharynx - Answers throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx
Trachea - Answers Allows air to pass to and from lungs
Bronchi - Answers The passages that direct air into the lungs
Bronchioles - Answers Airways in the lungs that lead from the bronchi to the alveoli.
Alveoli - Answers tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between air and blood
Larynx - Answers voice box
Pancreas - Answers Regulates the level of sugar in the blood