This part of the skeleton is composed of several bones and protects the brain.
What is the skull/ cranium?
A unit of muscle fibers working together forms this.
sarcomere
This part stores bile.
gall bladder
Muscles have these two fibers that contract during exercise. What are they called?
actin
myosin
This organ makes hydrochloric acid to break down food chemically.
stomach
Bones serve these two main jobs.
support/ protection
making blood cells
This gas is in the air we breathe and we need it to survive.
What is oxygen?
Voluntary muscles that move on command to move your body are this muscle type.
skeletal muscle
The windpipe that connects the throat to each lung
trachea
This gas is exhaled by animals, but plants "breathe" it in and use it in photosynthesis to make sugar and produce oxygen.
What is carbon dioxide?
Muscles found in your heart that cause it to beat involuntarily.
cardiac muscle
The two cavities in the head that can take it air.
nasal cavity
oral cavity
The type of muscle that makes up the inside of your digestive tract to move food along involuntarily.
smooth muscle
The chemical in blood that carries oxygen to the cells.
hemoglobin