Digestive
What are the things called that your body creates to remember pathogens so it can better defend itself if it encounters them again?
Antibodies
Name at least three structures in the circulatory system
The heart, capillaries, veins, arteries
What is the scientific name for the bones of the fingers?
Phalanges
BONUS: Where else on your body do you have phalanges?
What is the function of the Digestive System?
To break down food for the body to use as energy and to absorb water
BONUS: How can untreated and SEVERE diarrhea lead to death?
What gas do we breath into our lungs?
Oxygen
BONUS: What is the chemical molecular formula for Oxgen. Example: hydrogen peroxide is h2o2
What chemicals regulate human growth/development/metabolism?
Hormones
BONUS: name at least two glands in the human body
What are nerve cells called?
Neurons
BONUS: name at least two components of a nerve cell
Connects muscles to bones
Tendons
BONUS: What connective tissue connects bones to bones?
What types of digestion is the stomach responsible for?
Chemical digestion and mechanical digestion
BONUS: Explain how the stomach uses these two types of digestion to breakdown food
Place the following components of the lungs in decreasing order of size:
Alveoli, Bronchioles, Bronchial Tubes, Bronchi, Lungs
NOTE: You may write this one on your whiteboard!
Lungs, bronchial tubes, bronci, bronchioles, alveoli
BONUS: What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide?
Name the four chambers of the heart
left/right atrium
left/right ventricle
Which part of the brain is responsible for emotional regulation?
The frontal lobe.
BONUS: Name one other fact about the frontal lobe.
What name refers to the vertebrae in your neck?
Cervical spine
Storage tank for bile (a greenish-yellow liquid) that helps your body break down and use fats
The gall bladder
BONUS: what is the substance that leaves the stomach called and what does it consist of
Name 3 out of the 5 major parts of the respiratory system.
NOSE, LUNGS, TRACHEA, MOUTH, DIAPHRAGM
What functions are regulated by the brain stem?
Automatic processes (breathing, balance, etc.)
Name 5 organs of the digestive system
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gall bladder, liver, pancreas
Describe the process of respiration
BONUS: Where else does respiration in the body occur besides in the lungs?
Name the largest artery in the human body and where it supplies blood to
Aorta--to the rest of the body!
BONUS: What is the largest vein? DOUBLE BONUS: Where does the superior vena cava carry blood from? Where does the inferior vena cava carry blood from?
Explain how nervous signals transfer from neuron to neuron in order to reach the brain
BONUS: name at least three parts of a neuron
Explain how muscles work with bones and joints to move your body
BONUS: What is the tissue that connects muscles to one another called?