Blood
What is the name of the liquid substance in our body that reaches all of the body cells?
Blood
What do we call the tubes that transport blood throughout the body?
Blood vessels
What muscle acts as a pump to send blood around the body?
The heart
What do we call the elimination of waste products from the blood?
Excretion
What do we call the long coiled tubes that are location inside the skin?
Sweat glands
What carries oxygen from the lungs to all body cells?
Red blood cells
What are the three types of blood vessels?
Arteries, veins, and capillaries
How many chambers does the heart have?
Where does excretion take place?
In the excretory system, the respiratory system, and the sweat glands.
What is formed in the sweat glands?
Sweat
What is the name of the clear fluid that transports nutrients and waste around our body?
Plasma
What carries blood back to the heart?
Veins
What are the four chambers of the heart?
Right atria, left atria, right ventricle, and left ventricle.
What part of the excretory system filters our blood?
Kidneys
Where are sweat glands found?
Inside the skin.
What protects the body from germs and disease?
White blood cells
What carries blood from the heart towards all body tissues?
Arteries
Where does blood enter the heart?
Atria, or right and left atrium.
What does the excretory system consist of?
The kidneys, the ureters, the bladder, and the urethra.
How does our body eliminate water?
Through urine and sweat.
When does blood move in the circulatory system?
Constantly
What allows for nutrients and oxygen to pass into our blood cells?
Capillaries
The heart acts as a pump to send blood around the body through the __________ .
Blood vessels
Give one example of a substance that our body eliminates through excretion.
Urine, carbon dioxide, waste products, or sweat.
What does sweat consist of?
Water, mineral salts, and waste products.