Digestive Organs
While part of the skeletal system, these "bones" start the digestive process, breaking food into smaller bits.
Teeth
This organ stores liquid waste until it is removed from the body.
bladder
This organ pushes blood throughout the body
heart
The ________ protects the brain
skull
What glands help cool the skin down?
sweat glands
This organ containing acids and enzymes that turns food into chyme.
Stomach
This organ stores bile
gall bladder
These organs take in gasses into the bloodstream
lungs
The MAIN function of the muscles, with support of the bones, helps the body to ________.
Move
viruses, bacteria, germs, sun/heat
This organ does NOT have food pass through it. But it creates bile which goes into the small intestine which gets food ready to pass nutrients INTO the blood.
Liver
This organ filters toxins OUT of the blood.
kidney(s)
Blood leaves the heart oxygen-rich through blood vessels called ________ and comes back to the heart oxygen-poor through ________.
arteries; veins
Your ______ protect the lungs, heart, and other key organs in your torso.
ribs / rib cage
What system controls all voluntary and involuntary movement?
Nervous system
The large intestine absorbs the last bit of ______________.
water/liquid
This organ helps you regulate your blood sugar and produces insulin.
Pancreas
When you move your muscular system over a long period of time, why do your lungs breathe heavier?
Your muscles need more oxygen-rich blood.
Your blood is produced inside the ________ in this spongy material called ________. Veins and arteries connect to this, bringing new blood into the circulatory system.
bones; marrow
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Starting at the heart, explain the course that blood takes in the circulatory system. Be SPECIFIC
1. Blood leaves the heart through arteries oxygen rich. 2. Travels back to the heart through veins oxygen poor. 3. It travels from the heart to the lungs. 4. Back to the heart.
Absorb nutrients
The ______ take in information from a magazine and it is processed in the __________.
eyes; brain
____ ______ _____ carry oxygen in the bloodstream, ____ ______ _____ work with the immune system in the bloodstream to fight off illness/bacteria
Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells
tendons connect ________ to _________
ligaments connect _______ to _________
muscle to bone
bone to bone
Unit 1: Define a control group
Unit 1: Define variable
Any group that does not receive the variable.
The change in the experiment that is being TESTED.