Organ Systems
This organ system helps you decide what to eat for lunch.
Nervous system
This sends signals and helps you communicate with all of your body systems
Nerves
I bit into a lemon wedge. Name two organ systems that are involved.
Nervous and Digestive
Your heart is beating faster as you run. What two organ systems are involved?
This organ helps absorb nutrients from food.
The small intestine
This organ system helps your body absorb nutrients from food.
Digestive system
The lungs are protected by this?
Rib Cage
I am slicing a potato for dinner and when my hand slips, the knife goes into my skin. What happens next and what organs are involved.
I sense pain or my hand flinches. My brain senses a signal to my hand from the nerves.
Eating and digesting food involves what two systems?
Digestive and excretory system
What organ is involved in mechanical digestion?
teeth, mouth
This organ system provides support and protection to your organs.
Skeletal system
The lungs take in oxygen and release what back into the air?
Carbon Dioxide
When I sleep, I keep breathing. What part of your body makes sure that you keep breathing all night?
Brain stem
Nervous system
What does autonomic nervous system mean?
You sense it automatically, without thinking about it.
Your veins and arteries are a part of this organ system
Circulatory system
This organ produces bile
Liver
Is the process of digesting food voluntary or involuntary?
Both, you control what you eat and your body digests and absorbs the nutrients without you thinking about it.
When I breathe faster, my heart beats faster. What two organ systems are involved?
Respiratory and circulatory
Why does the brain send a signal when you touch a hot stove?
This organ system helps get rid of liquid waste
Excretory system
This organ removes waste from the blood
Kidneys
I need strong legs to win the marathon. Which organ system is involved?
Skeletal system
Why do we sense pain?
The nerves send a signal to our brain.
This is the largest organ in your body
The liver