Cell Systems Flashcards

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This covers outside surfaces and inside surfaces of your body

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Epithelial tissue

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What is tissue

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A group of cells is similar in shape and function

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Tissues organized into larger structures

ie. Heart

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Organs

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What are organ groups that have related functions called

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Organ systems

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Name the 6 body systems

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Circulatory
Nervous
Excretory
Digestive
Respiratory
Endocrine
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Micro organism/microbes

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Micro organism/microbes
Only visible under microscope-
They are unicellular organisms

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List unicellular invaders

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Bacteria
Protists
Fungi

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What is the most primitive micro organism

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Bacteria, such as parasites

Parasites must live off a body

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Bacteria are prokaryotic- no nucleus

T or f

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T

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What is a protist

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In ponds
Unicellular organisms
Neither plant or animal
Eukaryotic

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What are diatoms

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Plant like protists

Found in fresh/ salt water

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What is euglena

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Protist
If a lot of sunlight it makes its own food like plants
If not feeds on other cells

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Animal like like protists

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Amoeba- changes shape as it moves by stretching out cytoplasm like an arm, called pseudopod - uses to get food
Paramecium- uses cilia to move and a grove to sweep food in

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Invader Fungi

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Uni and multicellular
Yeast- unicellular
Multi- bread mould or mushrooms

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What is a disease

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Any condition harmful to or interferes with the well being of an organism

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What is an infection

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Agents that invade the body and interfere with normal activities of the cell

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Name the categories of invaders to the body

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Bacteria
Fungi
Protists
Viruses

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Are viruses living things

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No because they are not true cells
No nucleus,cytoplasm, organelles or membrane
They take over cells and use it like a factory to make more
It’s a small strand of genetic info

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Name some viruses

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Colds
Cold sores
Influenza (flu)
HIV

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How we defend against viruses

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Direct attack by white blood cells -engulf invader

Pus is made of strands of proteins after attack of white blood cells

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Another to defend against disease is with ______

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Antibodies- special white blood cells and they lock onto invading organisms
Antibodies use markers of invader to lock onto them and destroy the invader

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Nostrils

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Intake air

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Nasal passage

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Warms, filters and moistens air

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Pharynx

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Back of throat

Passage way for air and food

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Larynx

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Contains vocal cords

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Epiglottis

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Flap that keeps food out of trachea

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Trachea

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Main passage way for air

Windpipe

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Bronchi

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Tubes that carry air from trachea to left and right lung

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Bronchioles

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Takes air to alveoli

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Blood vessels

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Brings blood high in co2 and takes blood high in O2 back out

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Capillaries

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Tiny vessels where blood cells enter single file and absorb O2 from air and release co2

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Alveoli

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Tiny air sacs where gas exchange takes place O2 and co2

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Diaphragm

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Muscle that contracts when we inhale and relaxes when exhaling

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Ribs

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Protects organs and aides in breathing

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Name the 4 different protists

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Euglena- both
Diatoms- plant like
Amoeba- animal
Paramecium- animal