Circulatory system
What is the main organ of the circulatory system?
The heart
What is the main organ of the digestive system that absorbs nutrients?
What is the small intestine?
What is the main organ of the excretory system?
What is the kidney?
organ that is considered the "master gland"
what is pituitary gland
What system, including the brain and spinal cord, controls all body functions?
the nervous system
What type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
What are arteries
Which organ produces bile to help digest fats?
The liver
What waste product is filtered out of the blood by the kidneys?
What is urea?
What gland helps you sleep?
What is the pineal gland
What are the two branches of the nervous system?
The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
This organ is a muscle pumps blood, oxygen and nutrients through the body
what is the heart
What is the process by which food is broken down into smaller molecules?
digestion
What is the tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
What are ureters?
four small glands that produce a hormone that controls the amount of calcium in the blood
Parathyroid gland
What are the long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit impulses away from the cell body?
What is an axon?
What is the job of red blood cells?
What is carry oxygen?
What is the tube called that connects the throat to the stomach?
What is the esophagus?
What is the process of removing waste from the body called?
What is excretion?
organ that produces enzymes that break down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates and releases insulin
what is the pancreas
What are the short, branching extensions of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons?
what are dendrites?
Name the largest artery in the body.
what is The Aorta
What are the tiny finger-like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients called?
What are villi?
What does the Kidney do?
What is remove waste and filter blood
What is the role of the adrenal glands?
What is to produce hormones related to stress and metabolism?
Nerve cells that receive and send messages from the body
what are neurons