Digestive/Excretory System
What is the tube-like muscle called that squeezes food down into the stomach?
the esophagus
What is the main organ in the circulatory system?
Heart
Muscles you do not control are called what type of muscle?
Involuntary
Nerves connect all parts of your body with what main organ?
What is the brain?
Where does the digestive process begin?
the mouth
What kind of blood cells help you fight illness?
What is a white blood cell?
Which muscle in your body is also part of the circulatory system?
What is the heart?
What are the three main parts of the nervous system?
What are the nerves, brain, and spinal cord?
What are two types of digestions?
What are mechanical and chemical?
Where are your blood cells produced?
In bone marrow.
Name the three types of muscles.
involuntary, cardiac and voluntary
gas that your body makes and then gets rid of?
what is carbon dioxide?
what are the peripheral and central nervous system?
these organs filter toxins out of your blood and form urine.
What are the kidneys?
What are blood vessels that carry blood back to your heart called?
What are veins?
Connective tissue that connects bone to bone
what is a ligament?
What do we call a group of cells of the same kind that are working together to form a function?
tissue
This side of the brain control the left side of the body.
What is the right side of the brain?
How does your body get nutrients from the food you eat?
Nutrients are absorbed in the small and large intestine and then passed into the blood stream
these remove waste and CO2 from the tissue and bring fresh oxygen to the tissue
what are capillaries?
The skeletal system works with the muscular system to allow the body to move, what other system works with the muscular system to signal movement?
what is the nervous system?
What is the main function of the respiratory system?
to carry oxygen to the body and get rid of carbon dioxide.
The nervous system aids in maintaining homeostasis by.....?
Reacting to stimuli
Keeping internal organs functioning
sending signals througout our body