6Th Grade Health Ch 3

Front 1

Where you grew up inside your mother's body

Back 1

Womb

Front 2

Functions as your kidneys lungs and intestines

Back 2

Placenta

Front 3

Lifeline transported oxygen and nutrients from mothers blood to your own

Back 3

Umbilical cord

Front 4

Basic unit of your body

Back 4

Cell

Front 5

3 parts of a cell

Back 5

Cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus

Front 6

The production manager-hold molecules of DNA

Back 6

Chromotin

Front 7

Blueprints which contain all of the information necessary to build a new cell

Back 7

DNA

Front 8

Security guard-supervise substances entering and exiting the cell

Back 8

Cell membrane

Front 9

Found in the cytoplasm. Helps produce materials needed by the cell

Back 9

Organelles

Front 10

The control center of the cell. Decides what goes in the cell, who does it and when

Back 10

Nucleus

Front 11

Chemical messengers in the body that encourage certain cells to work more and others to work less

Back 11

Hormones

Front 12

The system that controls the production and distribution of chemical messengers

Back 12

Endocrine system

Front 13

The gland that secretes thyroxine which controls the rate of chemical reactions in your body

Back 13

Thyroid gland

Front 14

The gland which controls the other glands and releases growth hormones which causes your body to grow

Back 14

Pituitary gland

Front 15

Glands which help you react quickly in an emergency

Back 15

Adrenal glands

Front 16

The gland that serves as your body's alarm clock

Back 16

Pineal gland

Front 17

Glands found in your pancreas that helps your body maintain the proper level of blood sugar

Back 17

Islets of langerhans

Front 18

The glands that make reproduction possible

Back 18

Gonads

Front 19

Movements that were learned

Back 19

Motor skills

Front 20

Fibers of chromatin become tightly coiled strands called what

Back 20

Chromosomes

Front 21

Groups of similar cells form what

Back 21

Tissue

Front 22

Similar tissues are grouped together to form what

Back 22

Organs

Front 23

Groups of organs performing similar tasks make up body _______

Back 23

Systems

Front 24

What hormone controls the rates of certain chemical reactions in your body

Back 24

Thyroxine

Front 25

The process which converts food to energy

Back 25

Metabolism

Front 26

Hormone which help maintain proper levels of glucose in the blood

Back 26

Insulin and glucagon

Front 27

What disease is caused by a deficiency of insulin

Back 27

Diabetes