2024-25 Chapter 4 vocabulary quiz

groups of organs that work together and perform a specific task

• organ system
• calorie
• nutrient
• compact bone

the parts of food used by the body to grow and survive

• calorie
• nutrient
• lymphocyte
• neuron

steady internal conditions which external conditions change

• immunity
• reflex
• neuron
• homeostasis

the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1kg of water by 1*C

• calorie
• nutrient
• neuron
• lymphocyte

a type of white blood cell that is made in the thymus, spleen, or the bone marrow

• Lymphocyte
• compact bone
• spongy bone
• neuron

the resistance of specific pathogens or disease-causing agents

• immunity
• reflex
• neuron
• nutrients

the hard outer layer of bone

• compact bone
• spongy bone
• reflex
• neuron

the interior region of the bone that contains many tiny holes

• spongy bone
• compact bone
• lymphocyte
• neuron

automatic movements in response to a signal

• reflex
• neuron
• calorie
• nutrient

the basic units of the nervous system

• Lymphocyte
• nutrients
• neuron
• calorie