Extra words Flashcards
Colon
Another word for Large Inestine
Nasal Septum
The cartilage or bone that divides your nose into two nostrils
Septum in the Heart
Separates the right side of the heart from the left.
Aorta
The main artery carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
Ligaments
Bands of tough elastic tissue around your joints. They connect your bones, give your joints support and limit their movement.
Tendons
Flexible, rope-like tissue that connects muscle to the bone. They let us move and prevent muscle injury by absorbing the impact of physical activities like jumping.
Specialized cells
Cells made for specific functions.
Cell differentiation
Process through which the same cells become specialized for different purposes
Prokaryotic cell
These are cells that lack and membrane-bound organelles. They don’t have a nucleus but, they do have a nucleolus.
Eukaryotic Cell
Eukaryotic Cells have their own membrane-bound organelles. These cells have a nucleus with DNA in them.
Differences between plant and animal cells.
Plant cells have a cell wall, but animals cells do not. Cell walls provide support and give shape to plants.
Plant cells have chloroplasts, but animal cells do not. Chloroplasts enable plants to perform photosynthesis to make food.
Plant cells usually have one or more large vacuole(s), while animal cells have smaller vacuoles if any are present. Large vacuoles help provide shape and allow the plant to store water and food for future use. The storage function plays a lesser role in animal cells, therefore the vacuoles are smaller.
Plant cells have plastids while animal cells don’t.
Animals cells have cilia while plant cells don’t
Plant cells don’t have centrioles while animal cells do.