Body System Basics
This system takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the body.
What is the respiratory system?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
These cells carry oxygen through the blood.
What are red blood cells?
This system works with bones to help you move.
What is the muscular system?
A group of similar cells that work together to do one job.
What is tissue?
This system moves blood through the body.
What is the circulatory system?
This organ helps your body take in oxygen.
What are the lungs?
These cells help fight infections and germs.
What are white blood cells?
This system sends messages between the brain and body.
What is the nervous system?
A group of tissues working together to perform a specific function.
What is an organ?
This system breaks down food into nutrients
What is the digestive system?
This organ helps break down food using acids and muscles.
What is the stomach?
The system that produces hormones to control growth and other functions.
What is the endocrine system?
These soft tissues contract and relax to move parts of the body.
What are muscles?
This system covers and protects the body, including skin, hair, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
This system removes waste from the body.
What is the excretory system?
This organ controls your body and helps you think.
What is the brain?
Special cells used in reproduction, such as sperm and eggs.
What are gametes?
This system gives the body support and structure.
What is the skeletal system?
The process of creating offspring or new life.
What is reproduction?
This system helps fight off germs and diseases.
What is the immune system?
This organ is the body’s largest organ and protects you from germs.
What is the skin?
This system protects the body from harmful invaders.
What is the immune system?
The brain and spinal cord are part of this system.
What is the nervous system?
The smallest unit of life in all living things.
What is a cell? (bonus question)