Adolescence

the period of growth between childhood to adulhood

alveolar sac

air chamber in the lungs

alveolus

one of the air sacs of the lungs

an animal that lives both on land and in water but is unable to bre
water

amphibian

bladder

a soft , thin bag in the body that receives urine from the kidney

carnivore

diaphragm

an animal that feeds chiefly on flesh. Carnivores have large, stron

with sharp cutting edges
a partition of muscles and tendons separating the cavity of the ch
the caity of the abdomen
the female reproductive cell produced by a plant or animal; ovum
animal or plant develops from a fertilized egg cell.

egg cell

embryo

an animal in the early stages of its development, before birth or hatching

endangered

thretened with extinction

fertilization

fish

the union of a male and female reproductive cell to form a cell tha
develop into a new individual
an animal that lives in water, is covered with scales, has gills to b
and has a long backbone for support

hygiene

sanitary principles and practices

influenza

an acute, contagious disease, caused by a virus, and like a very b

its symptoms, but much more dangerous and eshausting; flu

invertebrates

animals without a backbone

larynx

lungs

the upper and end of the windpipe in man (and other mammals),
vocal cords are voice box. It acts as an organ of speech.
one of the pair of organs for breathing, found in the chest of most
that breathe air and have backbones. The lungs absorb oxygen fr
and give the blood the oxygen it needs, and relieve it of carbon di

mammals

any one of a class of animals that are warm-blooder, that have a b

that usually have hair, and that feed their young with milk from th
breasts

onmivore

an animal eath both animal and vegetable food

placentea

pneumonia

the organ by which the fetus is attached to the inner well of the u
nourished
lungs are inflamed. Pneumonia is caused by a bacterium or virus.
infection of the lung accompanied by high fever, pain and a sever

pregnancy

the period of being pregnant

puberty

the beginning of sexual maturity

reproduction

the process by which animals and plants produce invididuals like themselves

reptile

any one of a class of cold-blooded animals with a backbone which

means of lungs and usually have skin covered with horny plates o
Reptiles creep or crawl.

respiratory system

sperm cell

the system of organs and passages by which air is taken into the
carbon dioxide and oxygen are echanged. In the human body the
system includes the nasal vacities, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and
the reproductive cell produced by a male animal; male germ cell.
cell unites with an egg cell to fertilize it.

testes

reproductive glands of a male animal that secrete sperm

trachea

the tube in airbreathing vertebrates extending from the larynz to

by which air is carried to and from the lungs; windpipe

ureter

a duch that carries urine from a kidney to the bladder or the cloaca

urethra

a duch in most mammals through hwihc urine is discharged from

and, in males, through which the semen is also discharged

urine

the fluid that is excreted by the kidneys as a waste product of the body

vertebrate

an animal that has a backbone. Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, bird

mammals are vertebrates.

ves both on land and in water but is unable to breathe under

eeds chiefly on flesh. Carnivores have large, strong teeth

ng edges
uscles and tendons separating the cavity of the chest from
abdomen
oductive cell produced by a plant or animal; ovum. A new
develops from a fertilized egg cell.

ale and female reproductive cell to form a cell that will

ew individual
ves in water, is covered with scales, has gills to breathe with,
backbone for support

gious disease, caused by a virus, and like a very bad cold in

ut much more dangerous and eshausting; flu

nd of the windpipe in man (and other mammals), where the

voice box. It acts as an organ of speech.
of organs for breathing, found in the chest of most animals
and have backbones. The lungs absorb oxygen from the air
od the oxygen it needs, and relieve it of carbon dioxide

ss of animals that are warm-blooder, that have a backbone,

e hair, and that feed their young with milk from the mother's

ich the fetus is attached to the inner well of the uterus and

ed. Pneumonia is caused by a bacterium or virus. It is

ung accompanied by high fever, pain and a severe cough

animals and plants produce invididuals like themselves

ss of cold-blooded animals with a backbone which breathe by

and usually have skin covered with horny plates or scales.
r crawl.

gans and passages by which air is taken into the body and
and oxygen are echanged. In the human body the respiratory
the nasal vacities, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and the lungs.
e cell produced by a male animal; male germ cell. A sperm
an egg cell to fertilize it.

eathing vertebrates extending from the larynz to the bronch,

arried to and from the lungs; windpipe

mammals through hwihc urine is discharged from the bladder,

hrough which the semen is also discharged

as a backbone. Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and

ertebrates.