The organ system that supports and protects the body and allows it to move.
What is the skeletal system?
Tissue that connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
Function of the digestive system.
To break down food and absorb nutrients that your body needs to grow and survive.
The parts of the nervous system.
What are the brain, spinal cord and nerves?
The two parts of the circulatory system.
What are the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems?
The parts of the digestive system from beginning to end.
Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small intestine, Large intestine.
Blood cells are created here.
What is bone marrow?
Muscles you control.
What is Voluntary muscle?
The two types of digestion.
What are Mechanical and Chemical?
The parts and function of the central nervous system.
Lymph Nodes, Lymph Vessels, Bone Marrow, Tonsils, Thymus, Spleen
Name the parts of the respiratory system.
Nose, Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Aveoli, Diaphragm.
Connective tissue that connects bones together.
What are ligaments?
Muscles that are not controlled by you.
What is involuntary muscle?
The excretory system ____________ __________ ________ from the body through the _______, __________, __________, __________ ________
Eliminates Cellular wastes
Lungs, skin, kidneys, digestive system.
The function of the peripheral nervous system.
Heart, blood, blood vessels
What are the parts of the cardiovascular system?
The parts of the circulatory system.
Lymph nodes, lymph, lymph vessels, bone marrow, tonsils, thymus, spleen, heart, blood, blood vessels
A strong flexible and smooth connective tissue found at the ends of bones.
What is cartilage?
The opposing muscles that surround a joint.
What are flexors and extensors?
A chemical that the body uses to break down large molecules into smaller molecules.
What is an enzyme?
Electrical signals are sent from the brain to the body by these cells.
What are neurons?
Blood flow between the heart and lungs and between the heart and the body.
What is pulmonary and systemic circulation?
The parts of the excretory system.
Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra.
The three types of bone tissue.
What is compact bone, spongy bone and bone marrow?
Three types of muscle.
What is smooth, cardiac, and skeletal?
Most chemical digestion happens here.
What is the small intestine?
The function of the endocrine system.
To control body functions and help maintain homeostasis in the body using hormones.
Respiration is .........
The transport of oxygen from outside the body to cells and tissues, and the transport of carbon dioxide and wastes away from the cells.
Describe the path blood takes as it moves through the body.
blood picks up oxygen from the lungs, travels to the heart and then to the body through arteries and capillaries. Oxygen poor blood travels through capillaries and into the veins. It travels back to the heart and then to the lungs to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen.