Digestive System
This starts to form in your mouth even before you eat, when you smell some tasty food
Saliva (spit)
Organs that make hormones
Glands
Nutrient our body takes in when we inhale
Bonus: Gas your body removes when we exhale
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
148/4 (148 divided by 4) =
37
This gland is in the front part of the lower neck. It's shaped like a bow tie or butterfly. It makes the hormones thyroxine (pronounced: thy-RAHK-sin) and triiodothyronine(pronounced: try-eye-oh-doe-THY-ruh-neen).
Thyroid
This organ moves food around in your mouth while you chew
Tongue
The body's chemical messengers
Hormones
This organ moves downward towards the abdomen when we breathe in
Diaphragm
23x + 14 = 106
X = 4
These two triangular glands sit on top of each kidney. They have two parts, each of which makes a set of hormones and has a different function
Adrenal glands
Another term for mushed-up food in our mouths after we've chewed
Bolus
Where endocrine glands release its chemical messengers into
Bloodstream
These tiny hairs protect the nasal passageways and other parts of the respiratory tract, filtering out dust and other particles that enter the nose through the breathed air.
Cilia
Prime number after 7
11
At its bottom end, the trachea divides into left and right air tubes called
Bronchi
Tube-like structure that moves food from the back of the throat to the stomach
Esophagus
An organ that is part of the endocrine and digestive system
Pancreas
Another word for the voice box
Larynx
52+ 12 - 3 =
34
Bronchioles end in tiny air sacs called
Alveoli
Special flap that comes down when we swallow to keep food from going into our windpipe
Epiglottis
Nerve cells in this gland make chemicals that control the release of hormones secreted from the pituitary gland
Hypothalamus
Protein that carries oxygen in the blood and delivers it to the cell
Hemoglobin
40x2-27 = 613
X = 4
The flaps in the heart open and close to allow movement of blood from one chamber to another
Valves
Acidic juices in the stomach that helps digest food and kill bacteria
Gastric juices
This gland is at the base of the brain and is no bigger than a pea. Despite its small size, it is often called the "master gland."
Pituitary gland
In this process, oxygen moves from the alveoli to the blood through the capillaries
Diffusion
33- 3x + 2 = 23
X = 2
This vein carries blood into the heart from the body
Vena cava (Superior and inferior)