6.6 Cells & Systems

colorless cell of the immune system that helps the body fight infection and disease

• red blood cell

• platelet

• white blood cell

• plasma cell

tiny cell in blood that helps form clots to stop bleeding

• red blood cell

• white blood cell

• platelet

• plasma cell

the process that happens when your body is trying to put itself back together; may require assistance from medicine or technology

• healing

• repairing

• recovering

• regenerating

the liquid part of blood

• plasma

• serum

• hemoglobin

• white blood cells

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• cross-section

• blueprint

• elevation

• perspective

a living thing made up of more than one cell which can have many different types and amounts of cells; cells in this type of organism work together to allow the organism to take in and use nutrients to move, grow and reproduce

• single-celled organism

• multiple-celled organism

• virus

• bacterium

how something is shaped, arranged, the way it looks or the properties it has to be able to do its job (function)

• structure

• texture

• design

• composition

changing the distance between an object and a lens to sharpen the image and see it clearly

• focus

• blur

• zoom

• contrast

a jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

• ribosome

a living thing that is made up of one cell; can take in and use nutrients to move, live, grow and reproduce

• single-celled organism

• multicellular organism

• virus

• bacterium