Digestive System
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Nervous System
Muscular/Skeletal System
100
the type of digestion that takes place when your teeth break down the food into smaller pieces
What is mechanical digestion?
100
the pump that keeps the circulatory system working
What is the heart?
100
the part of the respiratory system that filters and moistens the air
What is the nose?
100
the type of neuron that sends information from the environment to the central nervous system
What is sensory neuron?
100
cushions the bones at joints
What is cartilage?
200
the type of digestion that takes place when enzymes in your saliva break down the starches in your food into small molecules
What is chemical digestion?
200
the blood vessel where gas exchange takes place
What is the capillary?
200
the gasses that are exchanged during respiration
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?
200
the type of response that does not involve the brain
What is a reflex?
200
connects bone to bone
What is a ligament?
300
the tube that connects the pharynx to your stomach
What is the esophagus?
300
removes toxins from our blood
What is the liver?
300
the voice box
What is the larynx?
300
the 2 main parts of the central nervous system
What are the brain and spinal cord?
300
connects muscle to bone
What is what is a tendon?
400
part of the digestive system where nutrients are absorbed
What is the small intestine?
400
part of the circulatory system that is made in bones
What is blood cells?
400
the part of the respiratory system where gas exchange occurs
What is the alveoli?
400
the chemical that allows a nerve impulse to be transmitted from one neuron to the next
What is a neurotransmitter?
400
the function of the muscular system
What is moves the body?
500
the function of the digestive system
What is breaks food down into nutrients our body needs to make energy?
500
the function of the circulatory system
What is transports nutrients and gasses around our bodies?
500
the function of the respiratory system
What is brings oxygen into our bodies and eliminates carbon dioxide gas?
500
the function of the nervous system
What is transports information around our body; receives stimuli and produces responses?
500
function of the skeletal system
What is supports the weight of the body?
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