Break it down now, Digestive System
Why does your mouth water just before you eat?
A light acid (Spit) forms to coat food to help dissolve materials for digestion
hat organ keeps the body cool, protects bones, and provides a barrier to germs entering the body?
The skin
What part of the circulatory system helps the respiratory system by pumping blood throughout the body?
The heart
The heart pumps blood which carries oxygen to the organs in the body. It takes 1 minute to cycle through the whole body
Name a 2 functions of the skeleton?
Gives the body shape
Protects internal organs
What is the control organ for the body?
The brain
When eating food, what is the first step to breaking down food into nutrients?
Chewing food breaks it into smaller pieces
Sally stepped outside and determined there was a fire place burning in a neighbors' house. Which sensory organ informed her of this?
Her Nose
What gas does the body need and what gas is removed from the body by breathing?
The body needs oxygen and removes carbon dioxide when breathing.
Which would use the skeletal system more:
A: taking an ELA test
B: sleeping
C: running a race
C: running a race
The skeletal system works with the muscular system to help you move
Where are the nerve endings located that provide information from a sense of touch?
In the skin.
After the food goes through the esophagus, where does it go and what happens next?
Food goes to the stomach
A thick acid coats the food and begins breaking it down. The stomach squeezes the food.
Bile is a liquid produced to help with digestion and water regulation. Where is it produced in the body?
The Liver
This is stored in the gallbladder!
Some organs are in more than 1 system. Which organ is part of the excretory system (getting rid of carbon dioxide from the body) and the circulatory system (filtering oxygen for the blood)?
The Lungs
In order to move, you must have a skeletal system to hold your weight. What other system aides in the ability to move?
The muscular system.
Your muscles allow you to push and pull the skeletal system where it needs to go.
Which part of the nervous system performs the same functions of a camera?
The eye
The lens in your eyes focuses on what it sees depending on the distance to the object
Which part of the digestive system has the greatest role in absorbing nutrients?
The Intestines
What organ produces the hormone Insulin?
The pancreas
This prevents diabetes and controls sugar
Inside the lungs, there are bronchi tubes. These tubes help do what?
The tubes separate air into gasses. Oxygen goes into the blood stream to be delivered to organs and carbon dioxide is separated from the blood as waste.
What is the largest bone in the body and where is it located?
The femur bone is the largest bone in the body. It is in the thigh of the leg.
most are about 18 inches long. It can support as much as 30 times your body weight
Where does MOST of the thinking take place in a human being?
The Cerebrum
What organ is is connected to the digestive system and is part of the excretory system that removes waste?
The Large Intestines
Which "bladder" in the body holds food until it is broken down enough to begin taking the nutrients out of the food?
The stomach
How many breaths does the average person take in 1 minute?
12 to 16 is the average
How many bones are in the average human body?
206 bones
Babies are born with about 270 bones but as they grow, bones fuse together into larger bones
there can be as many as 213 bones, depending on number of ribs and extra digits (fingers or toes)
The frontal lobe of the human brain performs what function?
Motor skills, language, memory, and your personality.
Thats why I have a big head- lots of personality!