Tissue and Transplant
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. brain
A. Tiniest unit of living things
2. lung
B. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them (plural)
3. stomach
C. One of the contractile organs of the body
4. heart
D. The act of expanding something in apparent size
5. small intestine
E. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
6. kidneys
F. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
7. windpipe
G. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
8. organ
H. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates
9. tissue
I. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
10. blood
J. Magnifier of the image of small objects
11. microscope
K. A body part made of tissues working together to perform a function.
12. magnification
L. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
13. cell
M. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food
14. animal
N. Organ that pumps blood around the body
15. plant
O. Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart
16. muscle
P. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
17. nerve
Q. The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
18. digestion
R. The longest part of the alimentary canal