Lub Dub
The major organ of the circulatory system.
What is the heart?
Also known as the windpipe
What is trachea?
What starts the chemical reactions when breaking down food
What are salivary glands?
This task in the human body is accomplished through the combined efforts of the cardiovascular and muscular systems
What is pumping blood throughout the body?
I am the smallest of blood cells, but important for clotting!
What are platelets?
A function of the circulatory system
What is to circulate blood? (oxygen & nutrients)
Where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide happen
What are the alveoli
Where food is churned with acid to break it down.
What is stomach?
role the circulatory system provides to the digestive system
What is it transports nutrients to cells?
I am a wavelike contraction and relaxation of muscles that helps move food down to the stomach.
What is peristalsis?
The chamber that receives deoxygenated blood from the body
What is the Right Atrium?
The reason the respiratory system is important.
What is it controls breathing and gas exchange in the body?
These microscopic structures are the site of diffusion for nutrients in the small intestine.
What are the villi (& microvilli)?
The circulatory system transports waste through the bloodstream. This is another system that works to remove waste from the body.
What is the respiratory system
I am a protective flap over the trachea when food goes by.
What is the epiglottis?
This major vessel takes oxygenated blood away from the Left Ventricle.
What is the aorta?
this system is controlled by involuntary muscle movement from here
What is the diaphragm?
The purpose of the digestive system.
What is breaks down food to release nutrients needed for energy production?
Two body systems work together to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide
What are the circulatory and respiratory systems?
I am made by the liver to help break down fats.
What is bile?
These important structures are only found in veins to prevent blood from flowing backwards.
What are valves?
The effect of exercise on the respiratory system.
What is exercise increases breathing rate which makes the lungs stronger?
This accessory organ creates enzymes to add to the small intestines.
What is the pancreas?
When someone is exercising, this is most likely a function of both the circulatory and respiratory systems
What is to provide oxygen to the body?
What is diffusion?