Intro to Body Systems
TRUE / FALSE The Cardiovascular System moves blood through the body
TRUE
TRUE / FALSE The three types of muscle are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac.
TRUE
A substance that is made up of plasma, platelets, and red and white blood cells.
What is Blood
TRUE / FALSE There are three types of digestion
FALSE
TRUE / FALSE Central Nervous System is made up of the brain and spinal cord
TURE
The self-regulating process by which an organism tends to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are best for its survival.
What is Homeostasis
The organ system whose primary function is to support and protect the body and allow the body to move.
What is the Skeletal System
The body's transport system
What is the circulatory system.
The number of organs that makes up the Digestive Systems
What is 10 organs
The structures that control the actions and reactions of the body in response to stimuli from the environment; it is formed by billions of specialized nerve cells.
What is the nervous system
is the set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.
What is the respiratory system.
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What is the Muscular System
The air passage from the throat to the lungs
What is the trachea.
The system that collects and excretes nitrogen wastes and excess water from the body in the form of urine
What is the Excretory System
A collection of glands and groups of cells that secrete hormones the regulate growth, development, and homeostasis
What is the endocrine system
TRUE / FALSE
Each body system works independently from each other
FALSE
The soft fatty spongy substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced
What is bone marrow
A substance that is made up of plasma, platelets, and red and white blood cells.
What is blood made of?
The six types of Nutrients vital for life
What are carbohydrate, protein, lipid (fat), water, vitamins, and minerals
Most testosterone is produced in the _______, but small amounts come from the ________, which are located just above the kidneys
What are the testicles and the adrenal glands?
What are the basic needs of all cells in the body?
The cells in the body need food, oxygen, and wastes taken out of the body.
A baby's body has about (How Many?) bones at birth. These eventually fuse (grow together) to form the 206 bones that adults have
What is 300 bones
TRUE / FALSE The left ventricle pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs
FALSE
The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. Its chief function is to regulate water and soluble substances by filtering the blood, reabsorbing what is needed and excreting the rest as urine.
What are nephrons?
This is the age the human brain is full developed
What is 25-26 years old?