The main organs that make up the circulatory system
What are the heart and blood vessels?
List the pathway of air into the lungs.
Nose, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Primary function of the digestive system
What is breaking down food and absorbing nutrients for cells to use?
Hormones
Two branches of the nervous system.
The primary function of the circulatory system.
What is transporting oxygen and nutrients around the body in blood?
Where lungs are held.
Where is the ribcage?
Wavelike muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
Pituitary, Pineal, Thyroid, Adrenal, Testes, Ovaries, Pancreas
Part of the brain that acts as the primary control centre for homeostasis.
Where is the hypothalamus?
The blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart?
Muscle that aids in breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
Chemicals that aid digestion.
T3 & T4
Organ responsible for reflex arcs.
The four components of blood.
What are red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma?
Main function of kidneys.
What is filtering blood for waste products to make urine?
Adrenaline and Noradrenaline
Chemicals that deliver messages between neurons (bonus point if you can name one)
What are neurotransmitters?
The small sacs involved in gas exchange in the lungs.
Hairlike projections in the lining of an organ that absorbs most of the nutrients.
What are villi in the small intestine?
Gland and hormone responsible for regulating blood sugar levels.
Pancreas and insulin.
Fatty tissue that allows electrical impulses to travel down the axon faster.