Systems and Organs
Nervous System
Circulatory; Respiratory
Skeletal and Muscular
Digestive and Endocrine
100

The system that controls motor skills, reasoning, and involuntary responses

Nervous System

100

The "computer" of the body, controlling all its functions

The brain

100

Blood has to circulate around the body with this organ.

Heart

100

Why are the bones important to a key liquid in the circulatory system

They make the blood.

100

What element in the mouth causes the start of chemical change in the digestive system

saliva

200

These two organs filter waste out of the bloodstream into the bladder.

The kidneys

200

What is the major nerve called that runs on the inside of the vertebrate?

The spinal cord

200

What organ carries oxygen poor blood back to the heart?

veins

200

Give two other functions, aside from making the blood, that the skeletal system does

It protects the body and gives it its shape.

200

What is the tube called that attaches the mouth to the stomach?

esophagus.

300

The liver has two major functions.  What are they?

To produce bile and filter nutrients INTO the bloodstream.

300

What is the area called in which the brain is attached to the spinal cord?

brain stem

300

What organ carries oxygen rich blood away from the heart?

Arteries

300

What is the main purpose of the muscular system?

To move the body.

300

What is the main function of the small intestine?

To absorb nutrients and fluids into the bloodstream.

400

The system of the body which makes blood

Skeletal system

400

What do we call it when the brain controls actions such as the heart beating, eyes blinking, or sweating?

Involuntary actions

400

What is the scientific name for your "windpipe," the tube connecting your mouth and nose to your lungs?

trachea

400

Why does movement of the muscular system over long periods of time cause more work to be done with the respiratory and circulatory systems?

The muscles require oxygen rich blood.  The more they move, the more oxygen they use.

400

What is the main functions of the large intestine?

To remove the remaining water into the bloodstream and proceed to move the waste out of the digestive system.

500

This organ makes insulin, which regulates blood sugar

pancreas

500

Why does it hurt less to pierce your earlobe than it does to pierce inside of your ear drum?  BE SPECIFIC!

Because there are less nerve endings in the ear lobe.  The inner ear is sending more messages to the brain.

500
Starting at the heart, travel the path of the blood to each organ in the nervous and respiratory system

heart, arteries, veins, heart, lungs, heart, repeat

500

What is the name of the connective tissue that attaches the muscles to the bones

tendons

500

What stores bile?

gall bladder

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