Urinary System
Two bean-shaped organs that filter waste from the blood and produce urine.
What are the kidneys?
This is the most important part of the Circulatory System
What is the HEART!
The maintenance of a constant balanced environment in the body is called...
What is homeostasis!
Tiny filters in the kidneys, that filter waste from the blood.
What are nephrons?
After traveling down the esophagus, food stops here and is mixed with strong acids.
What is the stomach?
Running parallel to the food tube, this pipe brings oxygen to the lungs.
What is the trachea?
The heart moves this throughout the body.
What is blood?
Name 1 way the human body can cool down.
What is sweating or vasodialation?
Two thin tubes that take urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What are ureters?
In this tube you will find the solids remaining, after food nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream.
What is large intestine?
The muscle responsible for expanding and contracting the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
The tubes which carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are the arteries?
Name 1 way the human body can warm up.
What is vasoconstriction or piloerection?
The purpose of the Urinary System is to eliminate __________ from the body.
What is waste?
What is the purpose of the digestive system?
What is to extract nutrients from food, and get rid of waste.
What is the purpose of the respiratory system?
What is to provide the body with oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.
What is the purpose of the circulatory system?
What is to transport needed materials from other systems to cells and transport waste materials to be excreted from the body.
Some people do not produce enough insulin. What is this condition called?
What is diabetes?
__________- relating to, involving, or located in the region of the kidneys
What is Renal?
The part of the digestive system that connects the stomach to the small intestine.
What is the duodenum?
There are about 300 million of these in each lung.
What is alveoli?
The human heart has how many chambers?
What is 4?
Water content of the body is controlled in the ________.
What are the kidneys?