Digestion
Bones and muscles
breathing and blood
nerves and brain
Randoms
100
What are the two types of digestion?
chemical and mechanical
100
Give an example of cardiac muscle
heart
100
What is the main organ of the respiratory system?
lungs
100
_________ are cells responsible for sending and receiving messages in your brain and body
neurons, nerve cells
100
What is the function of the nose and mouth in respiration?
Where O2 enters the body and CO2 exits the body
200
Salivary amylase breaking down food is an example of what?
chemical digestion
200
Give an example of a striated muscle
varies
200
The blood circulates _______ and _______ to cells and picks up ________ from cells
oxygen, nutrients, waste
200
Your body returning your breathing to a normal rate and your heart to a normal rate after exercizing is an example of what?
maintaining homeostasis
200
What is the trachea?
a passageway made of cartilage that connects the pharynx to lungs
300
Chewing is an example of what?
mechanical digestion
300
Give an example of a smooth muscle
stomach, esophagus
300
These are branches in the lungs that get smaller and smaller
bronchi
300
You feel a plate and it is hot.... what function is your nervous system performing?
Receiving information
300
Define involuntary
Something that can not be controlled
400
The large intestine's main role in digestion is what?
absorbing water
400
Muscle work in ______
pairs
400
These are responsible for transferring air from the lungs into the blood stream. Two things that work together.
capillaries and alveoli
400
Your pupils dilate as you walk into a dimly lit room... what process is your nervous system performing?
Responding to a stimulus
400
At the dendrite end of the neuron, the neuron _________ messages.
Receives
500
The small intestine's main job in digestion is what?
absorbing nutrients
500
Skeletal muscles can only _________, not _________.
contract, extend
500
___________ take blood away from the heart, whereas ___________ take blood to the heart
arteries, veins
500
What are the 3 types of neurons?
sensory, motor and interneuron
500
At the axon end of the neuron, messages are _______.
Sent
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