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The levels of organization in the human body consists of _____.

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Cells,
Tissues,
Organs,
Organ systems

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What is the smallest level of organization in the human body?

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Cell

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What is the largest level of organization in the human body?

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Organ system

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things

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Cells

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__________ organisms are composed of many cells in the same way a building is composed of many bricks.

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Complex

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The human body contains about how many cells?

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100 trillion

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The __________ forms the outside boundary of the cell.

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Cell membrane

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Inside the cell membrane is a large structure called the __________.

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Nucleus

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What is the control center that directs the cell’s activities?

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Nucleus

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What contains information that determines the cells characteristics?

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Nucleus

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The area between the cell membrane and the nucleus

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Cytoplasm

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A clear jelly like substance in which many important cell structures are found

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Cytoplasm

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__________ carry on the process that keep organisms alive

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Cells

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The cell is the smallest unit of organization in your body; the next level is a __________.

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Tissue

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A group of similar cells that perform the same function

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Tissue

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Your body contains four different kinds of tissues. What are those tissues?

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  1. Muscle tissue
  2. Nerve tissue
  3. Connective tissue
  4. Epithelial tissue
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Which tissue can contract, or shorten?

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Muscle tissue

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__________ makes parts of your body move.

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Muscle tissue

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Which tissue carries messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of the body?

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Nerve tissue

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Your brain is made up mostly of __________.

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Nerve tissue

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Which tissue provides support for your body and connects all its parts?

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Connective tissue

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Three examples of connective tissue

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  1. Bone
  2. Fat
  3. Blood
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Which tissue covers the surfaces of your body inside and out?

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Epithelial tissue

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Other kinds of epithelial tissue __________.

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Absorbed or released substances

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The lining of your digestive system consist of __________.
Epithelial tissue
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A structure that is composed of different kinds of tissue
Organ
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Largest organs
Skin
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Which organ contains all four kinds of tissue?
Heart
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Each organ in your body is part of an __________.
Organ system
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A group of organs that work together to perform a major function
Organ system
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The human body is made up of how many organ systems?
Eleven (technically ten)
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What are those eleven organ systems?
1. Circulatory 2. Digestive 3. Endocrine 4. Excretory 5. Immune 6. Muscular 7. Nervous 8. Reproductive 9. Respiratory 10. Skeletal 11. *Skin
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Circulatory system
Carries needed materials to the body cells Carries waste away from body cells Helps fight disease
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Digestive system
Takes food into the body breaks food down and absorbs the digested materials
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Circulatory system is also known as?
Cardiovascular
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Most number of organs in which organ system?
Digestive system
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Endocrine system
Controls many body processes-such as intake of sugar by cells-by means of chemicals
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Excretory system
Removes waste
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Immune system
Fights disease
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Muscular system
Enables the body to move; moves food through the digestive system; keeps the heart beating
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Nervous system
Detects and interprets information from the environment outside the body and from within the body; controls most body functions
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Reproductive system
Produces sex cells that can unite with other sex cells to create offspring; controls male and female characteristics
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Respiratory system
Takes oxygen into the body and eliminates carbon dioxide
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Skeletal system
Supports the body, protects it, and works with muscles to allow movement; makes blood cells and stores the materials
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Skin
Protects the body, keeps water inside the body, and helps regulate body temperature
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The term that is mostly associated with homeostasis
Stability
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The body's return to normal after a scare is one example of __________.
Homeostasis
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Homeostasis
The process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment
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The reaction of your body and mind to threatening, challenging, or disturbing events
Stress
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In the __________ stage, your body releases adrenaline into your __________.
Alarm, bloodstream
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Adrenaline gives you a __________.
Burst of energy and causes many other changes in your body
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How does stress affect the heart person's heartbeat and breathing rates?
Your breathing quickens sending more oxygen to your body cells to provide energy for your muscles that extra oxygen gets to your cells rapidly because your heart begins to beat faster
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The reactions caused by adrenaline are sometimes called the __________.
"Fight-or-flight" response
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When a stressful situation does not go away quickly your body __________.
Cannot restore homeostasis
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What is wellness?
Being at your best possible level of health
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What are the three components of wellness?
Physical health, Mental health, Social health
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What is physical health?
How well your body functions
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What is mental health?
Involves your feelings or emotions how you feel about yourself and how you handle the day to day demand of your life
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What is social health?
How are you get along with others
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What is peer pressure?
It consist of pressure from your friends and classmates to behave in certain ways
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What is the continuum?
A gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another
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Pros and cons
Benefits and risks of an action you might take
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What disturbs homeostasis?
Stress
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__________ perform complex functions.
Organs
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__________ a group of organs that work together to perform a major function
Organ system

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