Body systems-Which one?
This is your body's central framework. It consists of bones and connective tissue, including cartilage, tendons, and ligaments
skeletal system
What is the process of breathing called?
respiration
This body system includes the skin, hair, and nails and protects the tissue that lies underneath them
What is the integumentary system?
This system breaks down the food that you eat into nutrients that your body can absorb.
What is the digestive system?
What bone protects your brain?
What is the skull?
This system controls breathing
respiratory system
What do we breathe in?
oxygen
This system permits movement of the body, maintains posture and circulates blood throughout the body.
muscular system
What is another name for your wind pipe?
trachea
This system produces and delivers sperm.
What is the male reproductive system
This system produces eggs and nourishes and protects the fetus.
What is the female reproductive system
Joints, where bones meet are an important part of your skeletal system. Identify three joints in your body.
What are shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles.
This system breaks down food and nutrients
digestive system
what are the major organs of the respiratory system?
lungs
This system removes wastes from the blood and regulates your body fluids.
What is the urinary or excretory system?
Name two organs protected by your ribs and sternum
Heart, lungs, liver
The other name for the circulatory system
Cardiovascular system
The tiny little sacks in our lungs are called....
Oxygen passes into the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood in these....
Alveoli
Blood vessels that connect veins and arteries are _____
What are capillaries
What are three ways your body removes wastes?
urinating, sweating, defecating, exhaling carbon dioxide
____________are blood vessels that bring oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are arteries