B&S Vocab

thigh bone

large bone in lower leg

small bone in lower leg

area between the ribs, directly over the heart

spine

skull

collar bone

shoulder blade

bone in upper arm

bone in lower arm on the thumb side

bone in the lower arm on the pinkie side

bones of the wrist

bones of the hand

term used for the fingers and toes

knee cap

bone below the spine, think hips

thick part of vertebral column near pelvis

tailbone

the simplest unit of life

many cells working together to perform the same job

groups of tissues working together to perform a specific task

groups of organs working together to perform a job

groups of organ systems working together

holds other tissues in the body together

covers the outside of the body and lines stuctures on the inside of the body

surrounds the bone and combines with other tissue to make organs

allows the body to sense and respond to the environment

hardest part of bones

thin membrane that covers a bone

bone cells that make up the soft and spongy ends of bones

place where tow or more bones meet

tissue that connects bone to bone

attach to bones by tendons for movement

found in the organs

found only in the heart

you don't have to think about it in order for it to work

pairs

the breaking down of food into nutrients the body can use

to eat or take food into the body

using chemicals/enzymes to bread down food

using physical force to break food up (teeth/stomach churning)

chemical and mechanical digestion occurs

where saliva is made

bumps on your tongue that are sensory organs

muscle that pushes the food around and towards the throat

the process of pushing food through the digestive system

the tube tht goes between the mouth and the stomach

mechanical and chemical digestion

the semiliquid mixture that leaves the stomach

absorption of nutrients occurs here

makes bile, cleans blood, breaks down red blood cells

reservoir for bile

makes digestive juices and hormones

absorbs the water, bacteria lives here

the storage place for feces before exiting the body

the opening that feces exits

the process of eliminating blood and tissue from the uterus each month

the birth canal

the tube that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body

where the woman's eggs are stored

the tube that leads from the ovary to the uterus

the womb, place where a fetus grows until ready to be born

the disposable organ that forms for a fetus to get oxygen and nutrients from the mother

carries oxygen, carbon dioxide to and from the body and lungs

disease fighters

the component of red blood cells that allow them to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide

clotting agents - band aids for the blood vessels

the liquid part of the blood... carries nutrients, wastes, hormones

organ responsible for propelling blood through the body

blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

small vessels that connect arteries to veins

voice box

wind pipe

the main organ of the respiratory systems where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exhanged

the muscle that pushes and pulls air into and out of the lungs

upper chamber of the heart

thick tissue wall that separatres the left and right sides of the heart

thin flap of tissue that acts like a one-way door

lower chamber of the heart

lragest artery in the body

movement of blood through the body

artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs

the process of waste removal

solid wastes that contain water, bacteria, bile, salts, and cellulos

sweat, urine

carbon dioxide, farts, burps

cleans the blood

the muscular bag that stores uring

the tubes that lead from each kidney to the bladder

sends and receives signals via neurons, reponsible for movement, learning, speech, and thinking.

cells specific to the nervous system

the space between the dendrites of one neuron and the terminals of another

the signal receivers of a neuron

the signal senders of a neuron

the main area of a neuron, contains the nucleus

long thin fiber of the neuron between the cell body and the terminals

a form of electromagnetic energy that is made of photons

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

the distance between each peak of a wave

a triangular piece of glass that breaks white light into different colors

when an image that is reflected is cleare

when an image is blurry after being reflected

lenses that spread light out

lenses that focus light to a point

the point at which all the light is focused after going through a convex lens

responsible for color vision and detail

responsible for dark/light vision

the thin membrane at the back of the eye that holds the photoreceptors

the specialized neurons used only for vision