Vocabulary
The study of the STRUCTURE of the human body
What is anatomy?
The forehead is ____________ to the chin
What is superior?
The heart and blood vessels are part of the ____________ system.
What is cardiovascular (or circulatory)?
What are the muscular and skeletal systems?
This type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
The study of the FUNCTION of the human body
What is physiology?
The spine is _______ to the ribcage.
What is medial?
The main function of the __________ system is to send chemical messages.
What is endocrine?
This system sends messages throughout your body using electrical signals.
What is the nervous system?
This bone is commonly known as the kneecap.
What is the patella?
The body's ability to keep its internal conditions stable
What is homeostasis?
The belly button is ___________ to the spine.
What is anterior?
The major function of the _________ system is to exchange gases.
What is respiratory?
This long tube-like organ helps digest food and absorbs nutrients into the body.
What is the small intestine?
There are four main types of tissues: nervous, connective, epithelial, and ________.
What is muscle tissue?
What is a tissue?
The ankle is ___________ to the femur.
What is distal?
This system breaks down food into nutrients your body can absorb.
What is the digestive system?
This organ cleans your blood, removes toxins, and produces bile to aid digestion.
What is the liver?
Nephrons are the filtering units of this organ.
What are the kidneys?
Space or compartment in the human body that holds and protects internal organs
What is cavity?
The skin is ___________ to the muscles.
What is superficial?
The major organs of this system are skin, nails, and hair
What is integumentary?
This system returns tissue fluid to the blood and defends the body against infection.
What is the lymphatic system?
These tiny bones, located in your ear, are the smallest bones in the body.
What are the ossicles?