The Body Flashcards
A guard cell is a animal or a plant cell?
Plant cell
Do red blood cells have a nucleus? Why?
No because it allows them to carry mor oxygen and glucose
Microorganisms are where?
Everywhere
An injury caused by stretching a ligament?
Sprain
Root hair cells have a large?
Surface area
A muscle in the arms that contracts to raise it?
Biceps
A muscle in the arm which relaxes to raise arm?
Triceps
What is it called when a muscle gets shorter and fatter?
Contract
What are bones coated in?
Cartilage
Which two muscles pull in opposite directions?
Antagonistic pair
How many functions does the skeleton have?
3 functions
Where do we have microbes on and in our?
On our skin and inside our bodies
How many bones does the skeleton contain?
206
What cushions the end of bones?
Cartilage
What parts of cells are only in plant cells?
Chloroplasts
Vacuole
Cell wall
A neurone is a animal or plant cell?
Animal
What function does the cell membrane have?
Controls what comes in and what goes out of cells
What does a muscle do when it gets longer and thinner?
Relaxes
You have more microbes on your hands than what?
Living people
What connects bone to bone?
Ligament
What connects muscle to bone?
Tendon
What lubricates the joint?
Fluid
What do neurones do?
They are able to connect to lots of other cells to pass on electrical impulses
What injury is caused be pulling a muscle?
Strain
