Musculoskeletal System
Respiratory System
Digestive System
Circulatory System
Nervous System
100
What is the cranium?
100
Two large lightweight organs of the respiratory system.
What are lungs?
100
What are small intestines?
100
The organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
100
What is the brain?
200
A connective tissue that attaches bone to bone.
What is a ligament?
200
The tiny hairs that clean air?
What is cilia?
200
The flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs.
What is epiglottis?
200
A type of blood vessel that transports oxygenated blood.
What are arteries?
200
The part of the brain that is responsible for reasoning, motor control, and high-level cognitive function.
What is the frontal lobe?
300
A connective tissue that attaches bone to muscle.
What is a tendon?
300
The tube that connects the throat and bronchi.
What is the trachea?
300
An enzyme found in saliva to break down starch.
What is amylase?
300
A type of blood vessel that transports deoxygenated blood.
What are veins?
300
A pea-sized master gland that releases hormones and regulates the bodies metabolism and sugar level.
What is the pituitary gland?
400
Skeletal muscles that attach to bones and can be consciously activated to control movement.
What are voluntary muscles?
400
The many little branches of the respiratory system.
What are bronchioles?
400
A series of wave-like muscle contractions for the esophagus to move food to the stomach.
What is peristalsis?
400
The organ that plays a very important role in pulmonary circulation.
What are lungs?
400
The fundamental units of the nervous system.
What are neurons?
500
Muscles that cover the walls of the heart.
What are cardiac muscles?
500
The grape-like clusters of air sacs in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
500
The murky semifluid mass or paste when food and stomach acids and enzymes mix together.
(Clue: not bolus)
What is chyme?
500
The sound that the heart makes.
What is "lub-dub"?
500
Helps store experiences and memories.
What are dendrites?