Vocab 12-19 Flashcards
1
Q
Projections sticking into the small intestine
A
villi
2
Q
Tubes inside the kidneys where urea and water diffuse from the blood
A
nephrons
3
Q
A connective tissue that produces red and white blood cells
A
bone marrow
4
Q
A place where bones meet and are attached to each other and to muscles
A
joints
5
Q
tough bands of connective tissue that attach muscles to bones
A
tendons
6
Q
one of the bands of connective tissue that hold a skeleton together
A
ligaments
7
Q
a specialized cell that can receive information and transmit it to other cells
A
neuron
8
Q
Nerve cells that detect conditions in the body’s environments
A
receptors
