6.6 Cells & Systems

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

tiny cell in blood that helps form clots to stop bleeding

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• White blood cell

• Platelet

• Plasma

the edge or boundary of a cell

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• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Cell wall

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

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• Leukocyte

• Thrombocyte

• Plasma cell

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

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• Multicellular Organism

• Virus

• Bacterium

a part of the cell containing the chromosomes and responsible for growth and reproduction

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• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

• Endoplasmic Reticulum

fast cell communication, carry electrical signals through nervous system; neuron

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• Neuron

• Muscle cell

• Epithelial cell

threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

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• Nucleotides

• Ribosomes

• Proteins

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

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• Nucleus

• Cell membrane

• Mitochondria

the job of the part (in the body)

• function

• structure

• location

• size