Vocabulary
The act of keeping your body internally balanced as systems work together.
What is homestasis?
True or False? Different body systems share organs.
What is True?
You are cold and your body begins to shiver. To maintain homeostasis the body is using the ________ system.
What is the muscular system?
The _______ system breaks down food and absorbs nutrients.
What is the digestive system?
Skin is a part of the _______ system and the ______ system.
What are the integumentary system and the excretory system?
Different parts of our bodies and organ systems are _________.
What are structures?
A group of cells that work together to perform a specific function.
What are tissues?
When your body needs water your _____ system will trigger a response in your body telling you that you are thirsty.
What is the nervous system?
The _________ system protects the body.
What is the integumentary system?
Muscles use ______ from the blood to keep moving.
What is oxygen?
The specific job that different organs and organ systems in our body do are ___________.
What are functions?
Cells that are similar size and shape
What are specialized cells?
You are feeling stressed so your _______ system and your _____ system will work together to control your breathing.
What are your circulatory system and your respiratory system?
The ________ system controls other body systems.
What is the nervous system?
These cells have long, thin branches that are used to send messages.
What are nerve cells?
The system that releases hormones to prepare the body for action?
What is the endocrine system?
A group of tissues that join together to perform a specific job.
What are organs?
You are super hungry! Name at least three systems that will work together to trigger your hunger.
What are the nervous, endocrine, muscular, digestive, and respiratory systems?
The __________ system transports gases, nutrients, and waste.
What is the circulatory system?
If you have a cut in your skin _______ can enter the body if you do not treat it properly.
What are pathogens?
These messages help regulate conditions inside the body.
What are chemical messages?
A group of organs that work together.
What is an organ system?
Your blood sugar is low so your nervous system triggers your body to send more _______ to your blood.
What is glucagon?
The ________ system brings in oxygen and expels carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
_____ is made up of different cells in many layers.
What is skin?