skeletal system
What is the main job of the skeletal system?
To support and protect the body and organs
Muscles help the body do what?
Move and do everyday things
What organ pumps blood?
The heart
The mouth
What organ controls the body?
The brain
How many bones are there in the adult body?
206
What kind of muscle is your heart?
Cardiac muscles
What carries oxygen in the blood?
Red blood cells
What body part/organ breaks down food with acid?
The stomach
What carries messages from the brain to the body?
What part of the body protects your brain ?
The skull
Muscles pull on bones using what?
tendons
a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.
what are the tiny blood vessels called?
Capillaries
Where are the most nutrients absorbed?
The small intestine
What cells sent electrical signals in the body?
Neurons
What connects bones to other bones?
Ligaments
a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
What happens when muscles work work together to move a joint?
they contract and relax
What type of blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What organ makes bile to help digest fat?
The liver
What system helps you react quickly to danger?
The nervous system
What are the new blood cells made?
In the bone marrow
free point
500
Plasma
What is the last part of the digestive system?
The large intestine
what is one main part of the nervous system?
the central nervous system