It breaks down food into usable energy the body needs.
100
What is the function of the circulatory system?
To distribute oxygenated blood to body cells.
100
This is what the respiratory system brings to the body.
What is oxygen?
100
This type of muscle tires the fastest.
What is skeletal muscle?
100
This is where two bones come together.
What is a joint?
200
How does the large intestine help your body stay hydrated?
The large intestine absorbs excess water from undigested food.
200
This is the part of the heart where low-oxygen blood enters from the bottom of the body.
What is the inferior vena cava?
200
Gas is exchanged in this part of the lungs.
What is the alveoli?
200
The skin helps eliminate wastes by:
getting rid of water, salt and some urea through sweating.
200
This is a change in the environment that causes an organism to react.
What is stimulus?
300
These are the structures in the small intestine that absorb many nutrients from food.
What are villi?
300
This substance carries oxygen, nutrients and other needed materials to cells in the body.
What is blood?
300
This hollow tube connects the larynx to the lungs and allows airflow between them.
What is the trachea?
300
These organs filter wastes from the blood.
What are kidneys?
300
This type of muscle tissue works to help the body move by one muscle relaxing and one contracting.
What is skeletal muscle?
400
This organ functions with the digestive system by producing bile.
What is the liver?
400
After blood re-enters the heart from the lungs, list the parts of the heart it must travel through to get back out into the body.
pulmonary vein --> left atrium --> left ventricle -->aorta
400
Write the chemical equation for cellular respiration. Identify the reactants and the products.
Oxygen + Glucose --> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Heat Energy
C6H12O6 + O2 + H2O → H2O + CO2 + Heat
400
Describe the function of the excretory system and name one organ and what it does to contribute to this function.
The excretory system eliminates wastes from the body.
~ Kidneys filter blood and produce urine
~ Lungs excrete carbon dioxide
~ Skin removes sweat
~ Large intestines excrete waste products from digestion
400
List the 3 functions of the skeleton.
support
movement
protection
500
Vanessa is eating a strawberry. List the names of the organs, in order, that the strawberry will travel through.
Mouth --> esophagus --> stomach --> small intestine --> large intestine --> rectum/anus
500
Name all the parts of the heart where blood enters and exits and whether the blood is low or high in oxygen.
*team must list ALL portions correctly for points, no partial credit
~ superior and Inferior vena cava: low O2
~ pulmonary artery: low O2
~ pulmonary vein: high O2
~ aorta: high O2
500
Explain the what happens to your diaphragm and your lungs as you inhale and exhale
Inhale: diaphragm flattens out and rib cage and lungs expand
Exhale: Diaphragm curves and the rib cage and lungs relax
500
Urea is first formed in the kidneys. List the order of organs that it will travel through to be eliminated from the body.
Kidney --> ureter --> urinary bladder --> urethra
500
Name the 3 types of muscle tissue and an example of where each kind can be found in the body.
Cardiac- heart
Smooth- internal organs, capillaries
Skeletal- attached to bone