What's its Function
What is the function of the kidneys?
To remove waste products from the blood and to produce urine.
This hormone is released by the liver to increase blood sugar when it is too low.
What is glucagon?
The three main parts of the system.
What are the brain, spinal cord and nerve cells?
Where a zygote grows and develops.
What is the Uterus
Human body system that protects body with lymphocytes and phagocytes
What is the immune system?
What is the function of the stomach
The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs.
Hormone that creates fight or flight response
What is adrenaline?
Reflex reactions are processed by this organ.
What is the spinal cord?
The sperm and egg join to create a ____.
What is a zygote?
The system that helps your body to move by providing it with support.
What is the Skeletal System?
What is the function of the Thyroid Gland?
To release growth hormone into the body which assists with ... well growth.
What is the endocrine gland that acts as an intermediary between the nervous system and the endocrine system?
What is the pituitary gland?
Contains the brain and spinal cord only
What is the central nervous system?
What pushes food into the stomach?
What is esophagus?
What is the function of the pancreas?
Releases hormones that control the blood sugar in the body as well as aid digestion by releasing enzymes.
This gland releases a hormone that controls the growth of the body and is located in the throat.
What is the thyroid gland?
What type of neuron receives stimuli from the environment?
What is a sensory neuron
At what location does gas exchange occur between the respiratory and circulatory systems?
The alveoli
What is the function of the fallopian tubes?
To transport the mature egg to the between the ovaries and the uterus. Is also where fertilization occurs.
Two different glands that fulfill the same roles in different bodies.
What are the testes and ovaries?
The name of the gap between the end of one neuron and the beginning of the next neuron.
What is the Synapse
During what phase of the menstrual cycle does the uterine lining to thicken substantially to prepare for potential pregnancy?
What is the Luteal Phase
What are the two tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder?
What are the ureters?