Adenosine triphosphate - that contains a large amount of chemical energy stored in its Arteries - type of blood vessels that

at carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.

high-energy phosphate bonds.
Asbestos - naturally occurring fibrous minerals that are used in industrial purposes.
Allele - one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are
found at the same place on a chromosome. Asbestosis - progressive scarring of the lungs.

Allergens - substances that cause an allergic reaction.

Asthma - chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways.

Allergy - damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur,
Atherosclerosis - disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries.
a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.

Alveoli - many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange. Benzene - toxic, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon that is used as industrial

solvent.
Anemia - condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the
blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. Bicuspid valve - valve that lets blood flow from one chamber of the heart, the left

Aneurysm - condition in the artery that abnormally swells and possibly ruptures. atrium, to another called the left ventricle.

Antigen - a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the
Biodiversity - the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
body, especially the production of antibodies.

Biological magnification - refers to the process whereby certain substances work their
Aorta - the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory
way into bodies of water and then move up the food chain in progressively greater
system in humans it passes over the heart from the left ventricle and runs down in
concentrations as they are incorporated into the diet of aquatic organisms.
front of the backbone.

Blood - body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances
Arsenic - a carcinogen that is used in wood preservatives and reduces the number of
such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products
WBC and RBC in the body.
away from those same cells.
Blood vessels - a tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a Carrying capacity - the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region
can support without environmental degradation.
vein, artery, or capillary.
Cellular respiration - set of metabolic reactions that take place in the cells of organisms

Bronchi - two branching tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs. to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (etch).

Chest cavity - hollow space in the body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm
Bronchioles - hair like tubes that holds the alveoli.
and the neck containing the lungs and heart.

Cadmium - toxic metal used in batteries. Chloroplasts - structure within the cells of plants and green algae that is the site of

Capillaries - smallest of the blood vessels and where actual exchange of gases and photosynthesis.

nutrients occurs. Chlorophyll - any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and the

Carbon dioxide - a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic chloroplasts of algae and plants: responsible for photosynthesis.

compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air and is absorbed by plants in

Chromium - used in industrial processes and in manufacturing dye, paint, and alloys
photosynthesis.

Carbon monoxide - a colorless, odorless toxic flammable gas formed by incomplete Chronic disease - illness that is prolonged in duration.

combustion of carbon.
Codominance - form of dominance wherein the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote
Circulatory system - the life support structure that nourishes your cells with food and
are fully expressed.
oxygen; also carries away the waste products

Carcinogen - cancer-causing chemicals Coronary circulation - circulation of blood in the blood vessels of the heart muscle

(myocardium).
Cardiomyopathy- refers to diseases of the heart muscle.

Cyanide - a toxic chemical which is used in fumigation, mining, and electroplating

activities
Deforestation - removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter
converted to a non-forest use
Diaphragm - a large flat muscle that separates the lungs from the stomach area and
that is used in breathing.
Emphysema - is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes
shortness of breath due to over-inflation of the alveoli (air sacs in the lung).
Endangered species - a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.
Exhalation - the process or action of exhaling.
Extinction - the state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming
extinct.
Formaldehyde - a colorless pungent gas in solution made by oxidizing methanol.
Fibrinogen - a soluble protein present in blood plasma, from which fibrin is produced
by the action of the enzyme thrombin.
Genotype - the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
Global warming - a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's
atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels
of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
Glucose - a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a
component of many carbohydrates.
Grana - the stacks of thylakoids embedded in the stroma of a chloroplast.
Heart - muscle that pumps the blood throughout the body.
Hemoglobin - a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of
vertebrates. Its molecule comprises four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound
to a heme group.
Heterozygote - An individual who has two different forms of a particular gene, one
inherited from each parent.
Homozygote - an individual having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes
and so breeding true for the corresponding characteristic.
Hydrocarbons - a compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those that are the
chief components of petroleum and natural gas.
Hypertension - abnormally high blood pressure.
Incomplete dominance - a heterozygous condition in which both alleles at a gene
locus are partially expressed and which often produces an intermediate phenotype.
Inferior vena cava - a large vein carrying deoxygenated blood into the heart. There are
two in humans, the inferior vena cava (carrying blood from the lower body) and
the superior vena cava (carrying blood from the head, arms, and upper body).
Inhalation - the action of inhaling or breathing in. Nasal passages - a channel for airflow through the nose.

Nitrogen oxide - group of gases that are composed of nitrogen and oxygen.
Left atrium - accepts blood from the lungs.
Nose - the part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal,
containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling.
Left ventricle - move blood to the body.
Oxygen - a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8
Leukemia - a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other and the life-supporting component of the air. Oxygen forms about 20 percent of the
earth's atmosphere, and is the most abundant element crust, mainly in the form of
blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal
oxides, silicates, and carbonates IN the earth's
leukocytes. These suppress the production of normal blood cells, leading to anemia
Pericardium - the membrane enclosing the heart, consisting of an outer fibrous layer
and other symptoms.
and an inner double layer of serous membrane.
Limiting factor - factor that limits the reaction rate in any physiological process
Phagocytes - a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria
governed by many variables.
and other small cells and particles.
Lung cancer- is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that start off in one or
Phenotype - the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the
both lungs.
interaction of its genotype with the environment.
Mesophyll - the inner tissue (parenchyma) of a leaf, containing many chloroplasts.
Phloem - the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic

Mesothelioma - a cancer of mesothelial tissue, associated especially with exposure to products downward from the leaves.

asbestos. Photosynthesis - the process by which green plants and some other organisms use
sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
Mitochondria - an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the
Plasma - the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat
biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double
globules are suspended.
membrane, the inner layer being folded inward to form layers (cristae).

Myocardium - the muscular tissue of the heart.

Platelets - a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus found in large
numbers in blood and involved in clotting.
Pneumonia - lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air
sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs (double
pneumonia), one lung ( single pneumonia ), or only certain lobes ( lobar pneumonia ).
Population - the total number of organism of the same species inhabiting a place at the
same time.
Pulmonary artery - the only artery in the body that delivers deoxygenated blood.
Pulmonary circulation - movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to
the heart.
Pulmonary vein - the only vein in the body that delivers oxygenated blood.
Pulse - the number of times your heart beats in a minute.
Radon - the chemical element of atomic number 86, a rare radioactive gas belonging
to the noble gas series.
Red blood cell - blood cells that carry oxygen.
Respiratory system - is the set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange
oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.
Right atrium - accepts blood from the body.
Right ventricle - move blood to the lungs.
Septum - the muscle that separates the left and right part of the heart.
Soot - a black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon,
produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.
Stomata - one of the tiny openings in the epidermis of a plant, through which gases
and water vapor pass.
Sulfur dioxide - a colorless gas that has a strong, pungent door.
Superior vena cava - a large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper
extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the right atrium of the heart.
Systemic circulation - movement of blood from the heart to the rest of the body,
excluding the lungs.
Tar - a dark, thick, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture
of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in road making and
for coating and preserving timber.
Trachea - empty tube that serves as passageway of air to the lungs.
 Benigno S. Aquino National High School

Concepcion, Tarlac

S. Y. 2018-2019

Submitted by:
Alessandra May M. Parayno
SSC 9B
Submitted to:
Mr. Virgilio Sumabat, Jr.