Musculoskeletal
This is the major function of the muscular system.
What is movement?
The major function of the respiratory system to is exchange this with the atmosphere.
What are gases (CO2 and O2)?
This major organ pumps blood throughout the circulatory system.
What is the heart?
The major function of the digestive system is to break food down into these substances that the body can use for growth and repair.
What are nutrients?
The major function of the urinary system is to filter the blood to remove wastes converting them into this substance.
What is urine?
This is the major function of the skeletal system.
What is support or protection?
This muscle contracts downward to fill the lungs with air.
What is the diaphragm?
The main function of the circulatory system is to transport these 3 things around the body in the bloodstream.
What are gases (O2/CO2), nutrients, and waste?
This organ is covered in rugae on the inside and is responsible for breaking chewed food into a soupy mixture called chyme.
What is the stomach?
The organs that are responsible for filtering the bloodstream of wastes are these?
What are the kidneys?
These tough, fibrous structures connect muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
This structure is the first tube - supported by rings of cartilage - that air travels through to enter the lungs.
What is the trachea?
The three major types of blood vessels are these.
What are arteries, veins, and capillaries?
The inside of the small intestines is covered in these tiny finger-like projections - covered in capillaries -that are responsible for absorbing food into the bloodstream.
What are villi (and microvilli)?
These small tubes connect the kidneys to the urinary bladder so that urine can be transported to the bladder after it is produced.
What are the ureters?
These strong, fibrous structures connect bones to other nearby bones.
What are ligaments?
These two tubes are the second set of tubes that air travels through to enter the lungs.
What are the bronchi?
These types of blood vessels have oneway valves that help return blood to the heart.
What are veins?
This accessory organ to the digestive system stores bile produced by the liver and secretes it into the small intestines to break down fats.
What is the gall bladder.
This small tube allows urine to pass from the bladder to the outside of the human body.
What is the urethra?
These are the 3 types of muscle tissue.
What are skeletal, smooth (visceral), and cardiac muscle tissues?
These tiny air-filled sacs are wrapped in capillaries and are where gas exchange takes place.
What are alveoli?
This blood vessel is the only artery in the body that transports oxygen-poor blood away from the heart.
What is the pulmonary artery.
This accessory organ to the digestive system produces the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar levels.
What is the pancreas?
People who suffer from kidney failure must have this treatment on a regular basis to filter wastes from their bloodstream.
What is dialysis?