System Functions
It produces offspring
What is the reproductive system?
The muscular system contains these organs.
What are muscles?
Name three of the main parts of the skeletal system.
What are the bones, cartilage, and ligaments?
It carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body.
What is the circulatory system?
The respiratory system contains these organs.
What are the lungs?
It supports and provides structure for the body.
What is the skeletal system?
The digestive system contains these organs.
What are the stomach and intestines?
This system controls the functions of all other body systems.
What is the nervous system?
It protects the body and regulates body temperature.
What is the integumentary system?
The reproductive system contains these organs.
What are the testes and ovaries?
It allows movement of the body.
What is the muscular system?
The circulatory system contains these organs.
What are the heart and blood vessels?
This is the main control center of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
It turns food into something useful through a chemical change.
What is the digestive system?
The nervous system contains the following organs.
What are the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
It filters out fluids and waste.
What is the excretory system?
The excretory system contains these organs.
What are the kidneys?
This is the main function of the digestive system.
What is to break down food so it can be used by the body?
It supplies blood with oxygen and rids the body of carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
The integumentary system contains this organ.
What is the skin?
It receives stimuli and transports impulses, coordinates actions and reactions in the body.
What is the nervous system?
The endocrine system contains these organs.
What are the pancreas and glands?
This organ filters wastes from the blood and regulates the amount of water in the body to maintain homeostasis.
What is the kidney?
It regulates body functions by secreting hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
This describes how organisms maintain internal conditions despite changes in the environment.
What is homeostasis?