1.5: Human Structure

Question 1

Organism

Answer 1

Single, complete individual

Question 2

Organ system

Answer 2

A group of organs with a unique, collective function

Question 3

How many organ systems does the human body have and what are they?

Answer 3

11: Integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, urinary, digestive, and reproductive

Question 4

Organ

Answer 4

A structure composed of two or more tissue types that work to carry out a particular function

Question 5

Tissue

Answer 5

A mass of similar cells that form a discrete region of an organ and perform a certain founction

Question 6

Cell

Answer 6

Smallest unit of an organism that can carry out basic functions of life

Question 7

Organelles

Answer 7

Microscopic structures in a cell that out its individual functions

Question 8

Molecule

Answer 8

One or more atoms which are the smallest particles with unique chemical identities

Question 9

Reductionism

Answer 9

The theory that a large, complex system such as the human body can be understood by studying its simpler components.

Question 10

Holism

Answer 10

The theory that there are “emergent” properties of the whole organism that can’t be predicted from the properties of it’s separate parts.