health chapter 1
Terms
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- ligaments
- strong bands of tissue that attatch bones together
- neurons
- a cell that sends and recieves messages to all parts of the body
- prenatal
- the stage that occurs in the time before birth
- circulatory system
- the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood through the body
- cell
- the basic unit structure of all living things
- digestive system
- the system that makes food absorbable into the body
- tendons
- A band tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.
- joint
- the place where two or more bones fit together
- organs
- body parts that work together to perform a specific function. They make up a body system.
- hormones
- chemicals produced by your endocrine system that influences growth
- tissues
- cells that look alike and work together that form body parts
- heredity
- the passing of traits from parents to children
- abstract thinking
- being able to imagine different solutions to problems
- concrete thinking
- solving problems involving real objects that you can see and touch
- growth spurt
- Rapid gain in height and weight
- enviroment
- all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things
- excretory system
- the system that removes waste from your body and controls water balance
- system
- groups of organs working together
- respiratory system
- the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide