Reproductive/Endocrine System/Immune
These are chemical messengers used to send messages throughout the body
What are hormones?
This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body
What is the heart?
There are ____ types of muscle in the body
This organ stores urine
What is the bladder?
This is how the body maintains internal balance
What is homeostasis?
This is where sperm is produced in the body
What are the testes?
This organ is responsible for gas exchange in the body
What are the lungs?
Muscles can either ____ or ______
contract, extend
This organ uses acid to break down food
What is stomach?
This disease can occur in almost any part of the body; defined by uncontrolled cell division
What is cancer?
What are antibodies?
These carry blood away from the heart
_____ run throughout your body to detect stimuli and provide information to your nervous system
What are nerves?
This organ filters your blood
What is kidney?
There are _____ bones in the body
This is where the fetus develops in a human
What is the uterus?
This molecule, provided by the respiratory system, is necessary for cellular respiration in cells
What is oxygen?
This is the largest bone in the body
What is the femur?
This organ produces bile, which aids in the break down of fats
What is the liver?
This is an example of a neurodegenerative disease
What is Alzheimers/Huntingtons/Parkinsons disease
This hormone is produced to lower blood sugar
What is insulin?
There are ___ chambers of the heart?
What is 4?
This lobe of the brain is responsible for things like decision-making and impulse control
What is the frontal lobe?
Chemical digestion begins in the mouth using this enzyme
What is saliva?
The largest muscle in the body
What is the gluteus maximus?