Body Systems
Nutrition
Diseases
Body Systems
100
Consists of the heart, blood, and blood vessels.
What is the cardiovascular system?
100
Your body contains more than 60% of this.
What is water?
100
A disease of the heart and blood vessels.
What is cardiovascular disease?
100
Helps the body produce motion and maintain posture.
What is the muscular system?
200
Provides framework and helps protect internal organs.
What is the skeletal system?
200
Name the 3 types of fat.
What are saturated, unsaturated, and trans-fatty acids?
200
A disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue.
What is osteoporosis?
200
Provides body cells with oxygen and removes the carbon dioxide that cells produce as waste.
What is the respiratory system?
300
Odors, sights, sounds, and tastes are sent to your brain through your peripheral nervous system.
What is the central nervous system?
300
How many calories equal 1 pound of fat.
What is 3500 calories?
300
A disease in which the body either produces little or no insulin; frequent urination, cravings for sweets.
What is diabetes?
300
Absorbs nutrients for the body to use and eliminates waste materials from the body.
What is the digestive system?
400
Consists of glands that secrete hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
400
These proteins don’t contain all the essential amino acids; examples: grains, legumes, nuts.
What is an incomplete protein.
400
An abnormal response to food that is caused by the immune system.
What are food allergies?
400
Maintains the body’s water balance.
What is the urinary system?
500
T-cells are used to destroy pathogens.
What is the immune system?
500
What is a unit of energy produced by food and used by the body?
What is a calorie?
500
A germ that can cause disease.
What is a pathogen?
500
Helps the body regulate body temperature.
What is the integumentary system (skin)?
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