Body Basics & Integumentary
What system includes your skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and oil glands?
Integumentary
What gives your body shape/structure?
Skeleton
What organ pumps blood through your body?
Heart
Where does digestion begin?
Mouth
What system controls your body and sends messages?
Nervous system
What is the main job of your skin?
Protects your body
What do muscles help your body do?
Move
What do you breathe in that your body needs?
Oxygen
What organ breaks down food using acid?
Stomach
What organ is the "control center" of your body?
Brain
What does your body do when you get too hot?
Sweat
What connects muscles to bones?
Tendons
What carries oxygen in your blood?
Red blood cells
What organ absorbs nutrients from food?
Small intestines
What do white blood cells do?
Fight germs
What is it called when your body keeps things balanced?
Homeostasis
What are places where bones meet called?
Joints
What organ helps you breathe?
Lungs
What organs filter the blood to make urine?
Kidneys
What fluid carries white blood cells in the body?
Lymph fluid
What is the largest organ in your body?
Skin
How many bones are there in an adult human body?
206
What gas do you breathe out?
Carbon dioxide
What do the ureters do?
Carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder
What are the "checkpoints" that trap germs?
Lymph nodes