Body Basics
What is the basic unit that composes the body's subsystems?
What are cells?
Which system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to cells?
What is the cardiovascular system?
What is the primary function of sensory receptors?
What is to respond to stimuli and send messages to the brain?
Which system includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
What is the nervous system?
This system pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the cardiovascular system?
What is the human body best described as?
What is a system of interacting subsystems?
How does the digestive system interact with other systems?
What is it processes nutrients that are transported by the circulatory system?
What happens when sensory receptors detect a stimulus?
What is they send messages to the brain?
What is the primary function of the nervous system?
What is to coordinate body activities and respond to stimuli?
This system breaks down food for nutrients.
What is the digestive system?
How do groups of cells form subsystems in the body?
What is by organizing into tissues and organs that perform specific functions?
How does the respiratory system interact with the circulatory system?
What is the respiratory system provides oxygen that is transported by the cardiovascular system?
Which sensory receptors are primarily responsible for detecting light?
What are photoreceptors?
Which cells are primarily responsible for transmitting signals in the nervous system?
What are neurons?
This system allows you to think and feel.
What is an example of a subsystem within the human body?
What is the heart (within the cardiovascular system)?
Which of the following is NOT a function of the circulatory system: transporting oxygen, distributing hormones, breaking down food, or removing waste?
What is breaking down food?
In what way do sensory receptors relate information to the nervous system?
What is they respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for processing?
Which system acts as the body's control system for interpreting sensory information?
What is the nervous system?
This system brings oxygen into the body.
What is the respiratory system?
What is the relationship between subsystems in the body?
What is that they interact and depend on one another to function?
When the body senses danger, like seeing a snake, what can the brain trigger?
What is a fight or flight response?
What is an example of immediate behavior resulting from sensory input?
What is moving your hand away quickly from a hot stove?
How do sensory receptors contribute to the body's response to the environment?
What is they send messages to the brain for immediate behavior or memory storage?
This system uses hormones to regulate body functions like growth and metabolism.
What is the endocrine system?