Bones/Muscles
Circulation
Digestion
Respiration and Excretion
Endocrine
100
What holds bones together with other bones?
Ligaments
100
Needed substances are carried to the body cells by
blood
100
A simple carbohydrate that serves as a major source of energy for your body is
glucose
100
What two substances are waste products of respiration?
water vapor and CO2
100
The fight or flight hormone is ______ and is produced by the ________ gland(s).
Adrenaline, Adrenals
200
What type of muscles control digestion?
smooth
200
In which blood vessels are materials exchanged between the blood and body cells?
capillaries
200
What structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?
villi
200
What is the function of the respiratory system?
Bring in O2.
200
How do hormones move through the body?
In the bloodstream.
300
How do muscles work together?
One contracts, one relaxes.
300
What are the three types of blood vessels?
veins, arteries, capillaries
300
Give an example of mechanical digestion?
chewing
300
What function do the kidneys perform?
Filtration and re absorption
300
Why do hormones only cause changes in only specific organs?
A hormone interacts only with target cells, which fit together with that hormone.
400
Why is exercise important for muscles?
Helps maintain strength and flexibility.
400
How does blood flow through the heart/body?
Right Atrium, Right Ventrical, Lungs, Left Atrium, Left Ventricle, Body
400
Give an example of chemical digestion.
saliva
400
Waste is released through pores in the skin as
perspiration
400
Where is the thyroid located and what hormone does it produce?
Thyroxine, in the neck
500
What process involves muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract?
peristalsis
500
What kind(s) of blood can a patient with B blood safely receive in a transfusion?
B or O
500
What nutrient is primarily responsible for growth and repair in the body?
protein
500
Where is urine stored until an appropriate time and place is identified.
Urinary bladder
500
Where is the pituitary gland, and what hormone does it produce?
Near the brain, HGH
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