These structures, also part of the skeletal system, crush what has entered the mouth.
What are the teeth?
The balloon like sacs that inflate and deflate, bringing air into and out of the body.
What are the lungs?
These two systems work together to deliver oxygen to the body.
What are the respiratory system and the circulatory system?
These hard structures form a protective cage around your lungs and heart, keeping these vital organs of the circulatory and respiratory systems safe.
What are the ribs?
The hip and shoulder joints in humans are examples of this kind of joint.
What is a ball and socket joint?
The organ where water is absorbed during digestion.
What is the large intestine?
This element is in the air we breathe and we need it to survive.
What is oxygen?
These are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen enters the circulatory system and carbon dioxide leaves it.
What are the alveoli?
This molecule is exhaled by animals, but plants "breathe" it in and use it to produce oxygen.
What is carbon dioxide?
The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
These act like levers that work with your muscles to allow your body to move and walk.
What are bones?
You were born with 300 of these, but as an adult you only have 206.
What are bones?
A disease in the lungs caused by breathing in harmful chemicals.
What is emphysema (or lung cancer)?
These are the smaller chambers of the heart that receive blood from elsewhere in the body.
What are the atria (singular: Atrium)?
These are the tiny blood vessels where the actual exchange of oxygen and nutrients happens with your cells.
What are capillaries?