Glossary
A
- ammonia
- - a colorless liquid which emits a strong smell, a waste product of the human body
- antiperspirant
- - a product for reducing perspiration
B
- bacteria
- - a microscopic living organism
- bladder
- - the part of the body that holds urine until time to eliminate
- by-product
- - something that is created by a process, often not the intended result, but more of a left over
C
- carbon dioxide
- - a gas found in the atmosphere, also a waste product of the human body
- cerumen
- - ear wax
- chemicals
- - a substance that is made or used in a chemical process
- chyme
- - The partly digested food that leaves the stomach and moves to the small intestine
- complex
- - complicated
D
- debris
- - something to get rid of, often garbage
- deodorant
- - a product used to cover up odors
- discharge
- - to release or let go
- dissolve
- - to break down matter into smaller pieces
E
- eardrum
- - the part of the ear that transfers sound
- excrement
- - the solid waste product of an animal
- exhale
- - to let air out of the lungs
F
- feces
- - another name for excrement
- flatulence
- - gas released from a living thing
- flatus
- - gas released from a living thing
G
- gases
- - a non-solid, non-liquid material that has no shape of its own
- glands
- - a group of cells or organ that releases needed chemicals to perform a process
H
- hypothalamus
- - a portion of the brain that governs certain functions
I
- infection
- - an invasion by microscopic organisms that can lead to illness
- inhale
- - to pull air into the lungs
- irritate
- - to abnormally be uncomfortable
K
- kidneys
- - a kidney shaped organ that helps process urine
O
- organs
- - groups of cells that have a specific job
- oxygen
- - a gas that is needed by many living organisms
P
- perspiration
- - sweat
- pollutants
- - materials that lead to pollution or are a type of pollution
R
- rectum
- - the opening in your body where excrement leaves
S
- saliva
- - spit
- salts
- - certain chemicals that are crystalline in nature
- small intestine
- - one of two organs that complete digestion and process nutrients into the blood
U
- urea
- - a poisonous by-product of digesting protein
- ureter
- - muscular ducts that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
- urethra
- - a channel through which urine leaves the body
- urine
- - a liquid waste product created by the kidneys
V
- villi
- - Hair-like parts of the small intestine which absorb the liquid food and transfer nutrients directly into the blood
