This system provides shape and support, produces blood cells, protects internal organs and stores minerals.
What is the Skeletal System?
Only chemical digestion occurs here
What is the small intestine?
The main function of the respiratory system
What is exchange gases with the environment?
the main function of this system is to remove waste
What is the excretory system?
this system releases hormones
What is the endocrine system?
The main function of the muscular system
What is to aid in the movement of the body?
After traveling down the esophagus, food stops here and is mixed with strong acids and enzymes to break down food into smaller molecules
What is the stomach?
Running parallel to the food tube, this pipe brings oxygen to the lungs.
What is the trachea?
This system supplies the body with oxygen and nutrients, and removes carbon dioxide
What is circulatory system?
this system maintains homeostasis, receives internal and external stimuli, and directs the body's response ex. touching a hot stove and responding by moving your hand away
What is the nervous system?
You can find this muscle type in the heart
What is cardiac muscle?
the absorption of nutrients happens here
What is villi?
The muscle responsible for expanding and contracting the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
The tubes which carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are the arteries?
the central nervous system is composed of
What is the brain and spinal cord?
The parts of the integumentary system
What is skin, hair and nails?
Break down food into nutrients for energy, and get rid of waste.
What is the purpose of the digestive system?
the gases that are exchanged in the respiratory system
these two systems work together to remove wastes and water as the blood flows through the kidneys
What is circulatory and excretory systems?
cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem that connects to the spinal cord, are parts of the
What the brain?
The system that acts as an immune barrier as the skin protects the body from infection, and provides Vitamin D
What is the integumentary system?
this organ in the digestive system releases enzymes and hormones
What is the pancreas?
These exchange gases with the surrounding capillaries
What are alveoli?
organ systems work together to maintain this
What is homeostasis (balance and equilibrium)?
Parts of the neuron
What are the dendrites, axons and cell body?