Nervous System
The central organ of the nervous system
What is the brain?
The part of the body where food enters, and digestion begins.
What is the mouth?
The most important to breathing, this organ is separated in two lobes (parts) and located behind the breast bone.
What are the lungs?
This is the pump of the Circulatory System
What is the HEART!
They make up the central nervous system
What are the brain and spinal cord
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 windpipe (trachea)?
The heart moves this throughout the body and it transports nutrients, oxygen and waste
What is blood?
The three main types of food our bodies need
What are carbohydrates, proteins and fats
A sensory organ in your body
What is the .....Eye, ear, nose, tongue?
In this tube you will find the solids remaining, after food nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream.
What is large intestine?
The gases exchanged in our lungs
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?
The tubes which carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are the arteries?
Another name for a nerve cell
neuron
Produced when starch is digested
Simple sugars (glucose)
What is the purpose of the respiratory system?
To give the body oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.
What is the purpose of the circulatory system?
To circulate blood to all parts of the human body to deliver materials
The part of food used by the body to support healthy cells.
What are nutrients?
Function of the nervous system
To control all body functions; receive and send signals
The purpose of the digestive system?
To break down food to release nutrients
There are about 300 million of these in each lung.
What is alveoli?
The human heart has how many chambers?
What is 4
Three systems that work together to deliver nutrients to cells
Digestive, circulatory and respiratory