Organs etc.
What is it for?
What are these?
Misc.
Digest THIS!
100
The lungs are the main organ in this body system
What is the respiratory system
100
The respiratory system
What is to provide the body with oxygen-rich blood and remove waste in the form of carbon dioxide.
100
Alveoli
What is small sacs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs.
100
What does a heart valve do?
What is prevents blood flow between chambers
100
The food begins in these two structures at the beginning of your digestive system.
What is the mouth and the esophagus.
200
This is the main organ found in the circulatory system
What is the heart
200
The Excretory System
What is to rid the body of wastes like excess solid waste, water, and salts.
200
The three types of blood vessels
What is arteries, veins, and capillaries
200
Describe the journey a signal takes through your nervous system once you touch something hot.
What is sensory neuron takes the signal to be integrated in your brain, then a signal is sent to a motor neuron and you let go of the hot item.
200
The stomach churns up large pieces of food into smaller pieces of food and produces a strong acid that breaks down the food more. These are examples of which two types of digestion
What is mechanical and chemical digestion
300
This pair makes up the main organ found in the excretory system
What is the kidneys
300
The Digestive System
What is to convert food particles into simple microscopic molecules that can be absorbed into the blood stream and used by the body.
300
Nephron
What is a filtering unit in the kidneys that filters out urea, extra water, and other wastes, leaving behind urine.
300
List, in order, how blood travels through your heart. Use the terms aorta, superior vena cava, left atrium, left ventricle, inferior vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary arteries, and pulmonary veins.
What is superior/inferior vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta.
300
Most of the nutrients (fats, carbohydrates, proteins) from food are absorbed by this organ through the process of diffusion.
What is the small intestine
400
These two structures are most important in the nervous system
What is the brain and spinal cord
400
The Nervous System
What is to control the body's response to changes in its internal and external environment.
400
Diaphragm
What is a muscle that causes you to breath.
400
An example of a negative feedback system.
What is body temperature, growing, or blood sugar/insulin.
400
These two organs produce and store BILE. Bile is used to break down fats so the body can digest them.
What is the liver and the gall bladder.
500
These two areas in the brain are responsible for controlling body temperature and insulin production and are part of the Endocrine System
What is the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
500
The Endocrine System
What is to control growth, development, metabolism, and reproduction through the production and secretion of hormones.
500
Insulin
What is a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and the pancreas to regulate blood sugar.
500
Describe how the digestive system converts the carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in an ice cream into nutrients that can be used by cells. Include body parts and organs that are involved.
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500
Chyme (digested food) is propelled along the intestines by these tiny structures.
What is villi
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