Levels of Organization
The simplest level of organization; the basic building block of life.
What is a cell?
Examples: hair, skin, and nails.
What are the main organs of the integumentary system?
Movement, breathing, and your heart pumping blood.
What are functions of the muscular system?
Examples: Femur, humerus, scapula, skull, pelvis, and ribs.
What are the main bones of the skeletal system?
Examples: pharnyx, larynx, nose, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.
What are the main organs of the respiratory system?
Examples: kidneys, stomach, brain, small intestines, and liver.
What are examples of organs?
Epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis (fatty layer).
What are the layers of the skin?
This type of muscle is classified as involuntary and is only found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
A place where two bones meet.
What is a joint?
To inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.
What is the function of the respiratory system?
Examples: Digestive, Cardiovascular, Skeletal, Nervous, and Reproductive.
What are examples of organ systems?
This vitamin is made by our skin when we are exposed to sun. This vitamin helps with calcium and phosphorus absorption.
What is vitamin D?
This type of muscle is classified as voluntary and is attached to bone.
What is skeletal muscle?
This important substance is found in the middle of bones. It is responsible for red blood cell production.
What is bone marrow?
This is where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs.
What are the alveoli (alveolar sacs)?
Examples: Nervous, epithelial, and muscle.
What are examples of tissues?
This pigment gives our skin its color.
What is melanin?
This type of muscle is classified as involuntary and is found in organs like the stomach and small intestines.
What is smooth muscle?
This connects bones and muscles together.
What is a tendon?
The respiratory system works closely with this body system to ensure that every cell in the body receives oxygen.
What is the circulatory system?
5 levels of organization going from the simplest to the most complex.
What is cell -> tissue -> organ -> organ system -> organism?
Protection, sensory response, production of vitamin D, elimination of waste products, and ____________ are all functions of the skin.
What is temperature regulation?
Muscles can only relax and contract which is why...
What is muscles move in pairs?
These joints, like your knees and elbows, allow for a full range of motion.
What are freely movable joints?
This is the pathway of air.
What is nose/mouth -> pharynx -> larynx -> trachea -> bronchi ->bronchioles -> aveoli?