8 Body Systems & Cells for LIVE

Terms in this set (27)

1 Creates framework of the body,
2 Protects internal organs
3 Makes blood cells
4 Acts as levers to move muscles

Moves the body and supports the skeletal system, provide flexibility

Carries blood throughout the body
Also called the circulatory system because it circulates the blood

Breaks down food so that it can be used by the body

Removes liquid waste from the body

Sends electrical signals through the body to control, body functions, thoughts and actions

Exchanges gases with the environment by taking in oxygen and released carbon dioxide

the basic unit of life

a single cell organism that has no nucleus,

a cell with a nucleus

Organisms made of more than one cell

carries instructions for each cell's job

Structures that do different jobs in the cell,

Controls what goes in or out of the cell

The rigid structure that gives the PLANT cell shape and support

Jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles float

The control center of a cell, contains the DNA,

Breaks down nutrients into energy

Little storage sacs

Molecules that do the work of the cell like build and repair cell parts

Carry out photosynthesis

Tiny organelles that make proteins

Make proteins, get rid of wastes, destroy old organelles and harmful substances

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Makes some proteins & moves them around the cell. Ribosomes attach to the outside of some

Packages fats & proteins into vesicles and move them around the cell

Genetic Material

also know as DNA

makes ribosomes, in the nucleus

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