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What are three of the five functions of the skeletal system?
Movement, Protection, Structure, Red Blood Cells & Calcium
What purpose does the muscular system serve?
Muscles facilitate movement
What are the three main functions of the digestive system?
Breakdown food, absorb the nutrients, eliminate the waste
What are the two main functions of the respiratory system?
Take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide
What is the main purpose of the circulatory system?
Delivers substances to cells, carries away waste and regulates body temperature.
Another name for the collar bone is?
Clavicle
What other systems does the muscular system work with?
All of them
Two types of digestion are...?
Mechanical & chemical
These tiny, thin-walled sacs of lung tissue facilitate gas exchange with the blood
alveoli
How many chambers are in a heart?
4
This is the name of where two bones come together.
Joints
What are the three types of muscle?
Cardiac, skeletal & smooth muscle
These proteins speed up chemical reactions in the body by attaching to and breaking down specific molecules (i.e. starch)
Enzyme
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
Oxygen breaks down glucose to release the chemical energy of the glucose for use as fuel by the body.
A name for the two upper chambers of the heart, is also a large room with skylights in the center of a building
Atrium
What are the two major characteristics of bones that make them perfect for structure, movement and protection?
They are both strong and light.
Why do muscles have to work in pairs to cause movement?
Muscle cells can only contract
How does the digestive system interact with the muscular system?
Muscles cause the mandible to move for chewing. Muscles also contract during swallowing to move food through your system. Muscles aid mechanical disgestion.
What is the purpose of the larynx?
Air moving through the larynx causes vibrations and thus sound
Name one type of pathway for the blood to move through the body?
Arteries, capillaries, or veins
How do your bones interact with your digestive system?
Teeth are used for chewing
This strong connective tissue connects muscle to the bone
Tendon
This tiny flap closes off the trachea when you swallow so food does not go into your lungs.
Epiglottis
What is the main other system that the respiratory system works with?
Circulatory
How does the circulatory system work with the skeletal system?
Blood transports calcium to or from the bones and absorbs red blood cells created in the bones.