Body Basics
What do we call a group of organs that work together?
A body system
What is the system of bones inside your body called
The skeletal system
What body system helps you move?
The muscular system
Where does digestive begin?
mouth
What organ pumps blood through your body?
Heart
What gas does your body need from the air?
Oxygen
Which bones protect your brain?
Skull
What connects muscles to bones?
tendons
What tube carries your food from your mouth to your stomach?
esophagus
What are the tubes that carry blood around your body called?
blood vessels
Which word means a body part that does a special job? Organ or Joint
Organ
What runs down your back and helps support your body?
Spine
A muscle you choose to move is called what kind of muscle?
Voluntary muscle
What organ squeezes and churns food?
Stomach
What can you feel that shows your heart is beating?
pulse
True or False Different body systems work together to keep you alive and healthy?
True
What is the place where two bones meet called?
Joint
Your heart keeps working without you thinking. Is this voluntary or involuntary?
Involuntary
What long organ helps your body take nutrients from digested food?
Intestines
What organ is the control center of your body?
Brain
Name 2 organs you learned about in lessons 1-6
Heart, Brain, Stomach, Intestines, etc
Give two jobs of the skeleton
Protects organs, gives shape to the body, helps the body move when working with muscles
Why do muscles and bones need to work together?
Muscles help the body move
Put in order stomach mouth intestines esophogus
mouth esophagus stomach intestines
How does the brain send messages to and from the body?
nerves