Digestive System
Digestive system Memory Peg
God designed this system to give you the nutrients and energy it needs.
It contains the vocal cords and functions as the voice box while also protecting the airway during swallowing.
Larynx
What is the Circulatory system?
the body system that moves blood throughout the body.
How long is the small intestine
chemicals in saliva that help to begin the process of breaking down your food.
How many Bronchi?
2
What is Homeostasis
The body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment, like temperature and water balance.
Esophagus
a tube starting at the back of your throat,leading to your stomach
What is a Trachea?
A flexible, reinforced tube (the “windpipe”) that extends from the larynx into the chest. It conducts inhaled air toward the lungs and branches into the bronchi.
What body system that brings oxygen into the body and removes carbon dioxide?
Respiratory System
Food spends between 30 minutes and 3 hours here depending on what you ate.
Stomach
Alveoli
Microscopic, balloon‑like air sacs at the ends of the smallest bronchioles where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the air and the bloodstream. They greatly increase the lungs’ surface area for gas exchange.
Why is the Skeletal system important?
Gives the body shape, protects organs, and helps with movement.
Enzyme
chemicals in saliva that help to begin the process of breaking down your food.
What does a diaphragm do?
It contracts and relaxes to change the volume of the lungs, making breathing possible.
How does the nervous system and respiratory system work together?
The nervous system sends messages to the respiratory system to control continuous breathing and triggering protective reflexes like coughing, and allowing for voluntary breath control.