Body Functions 1
You use your mouth to eat and break down a yummy slice of pizza.
What is the digestive system?
You need to get a transplant.
What happens if your organs stop functioning?
Protection for inner organs, support for body movement, and calcium storage.
What is the skeletal system?
It helps our bodies function normally and fight off bad bacteria.
What is good bacteria?
Genes, physical health, nutrition, and hormones.
What helps our bodies grow?
Carries blood AWAY from the heart.
What are arteries?
They deliver messages from our brain to the rest of our body (aka body’s messenger).
What are nerves?
The body’s state of balance.
What is homeostasis?
The "happiness drug."
What is dopamine?
This type of health continues to develop all throughout one's lifetime.
The system that helps our body break down food and turn it into nutrients
What is the digestive system?
A complex group of cells and proteins that defend the body against infections.
What is the immune system?
The largest system in your body and includes your skin, hair, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
Nicotine, drugs, and alcohol.
What are common addictions?
This is genetically determined and passed from parent to offspring.
What is an inherited trait?
You cannot control these muscles.
You can control these muscles.
What are skeletal muscles?
Changes in the body that could potentially be life-threatening.
What are body temperature, blood sugar, fluid balance, and mineral levels?
These are two common allergens (Responses may vary).
What are foods (peanuts, dairy, etc.), pollen, and pet hair?
Chemical messengers that travel throughout our body to regulate how our growth, our emotions, and coordinate activities.
What are hormones?
The three functions of the nervous system.
What are sensory, integration, and motor?
What is systemic circulation?
Blood flow from the heart to lungs
What is pulmonary circulation?
An immune system response to an unfamiliar bacteria or substance called an allergen.
What are allergies?
These are two inherited traits (Responses may vary).
What are hair color, eye color, widow's peak, and height?