Chapter 7 Flashcards
Tissues
Groups of cells that animals or plants are made of.
Organs
Groups of tissues that work together.
Body system
When groups of different organs are working together.
Examples of organs
Liver Heart Eyes Brain Intestines
Where was the first anatomists founded.
In the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria.
When did the anatomists perform the dissection.
3rd century’s BCE.
Why did they dissect.
To investigate how the human body worked.
The four types of tissue functions.
Connective tissue.
Muscle tissue.
Nervous tissue.
Epithelial tissue.
Muscle tissues
Able to cause parts of the body to move.
Nervous tissue
Contain cells that enable the different parts of the body to pass messages.
System
When different organs work together to perform a particular function. The systems work together to maintain the health of an organism.
Digestion
The process by which food and drink are broken down and absorbed into our blood for transport to your cells.
Physical digestion
Our teeth are responsible for physical breakdown of our food.
Chyme
The resulting mixture of acid, enzymes and digested food.
Villi
The small intestine is full of ridges which is villi. They increase the surface area that the nutrients pass over.
