Nervous System
This organ in the nervous system controls your whole body.
The brain
Movements
What does your skeletal system protect?
Organs
We breathe in this gas.
Oxygen
What is the main organ of the circulatory system?
The heart
The nervous system consists of the brain and this other major organ.
*HINT* It's in your back
Spinal cord
An involuntary movement is one that:
You cannot control
What is the term for the place where bones connect?
A joint
What is the major organ of the respiratory system?
The lungs
How man chambers or "rooms" are there in your heart?
4
Motor and sensory
Skeletal muscles are involved in what type of movement? (Voluntary or involuntary)
Voluntary
What does cartilage do?
Acts as a cushion for your bones
After breathing in through your mouth or nose, where does the air go immediately next?
Down your trachea (windpipe)
If blood is drawn in an image as being red, what does this mean?
It has oxygen.
This type of neuron communicates between your senses and your brain.
Sensory neurons
This type of muscle controls your organs.
Smooth muscle
Your bones are used to produce red blood cells and store what else?
Minerals, like calcium
What are the gases exchanged during gas exchange?
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
When blood enters the heart after traveling around the body, is it oxygenated or deoxygenated?
Deoxygenated
This would happen if you ever broke your spinal cord.
You could be paralyzed.
The heart is made up of its own type of muscle, called:
Cardiac muscle
You have over _______ bones in your body.
200
Where in the respiratory system does gas exchange take place?
In the alveoli
What part of the heart pumps blood out to the body?
Left ventricle