Body Systems 1
The system that breaks down food for cells to use.....
Digestive system
Body system that captures oxygen from the atmosphere...
Respiratory system
where are epithelial tissues located?
Skin
Your body's delivery system is
Circulatory System
It delivers oxygen and nutients to every part of your body and picks up waste products on the return trip.
Where does the digestive system start?
The mouth
This system contains the kidneys
Excretory system
This organ of the circulatory system is composed of completely involuntary muscle tissue and without it we will die
Heart
What makes up the Nervous System
Brain and Spine
The biggest muscle in your body is
Gluteus maximus
Organ that absorbs water and nutrients from food and carries away waste
Intestines
Small intestine absorb nutrients from the digested food and large intestine (colon) socks up water and rids solid waste.
Where gas exchange happens?
The respiratory system
This is the most important part of the Circulatory System?
What is the heart
Important to breathing, this organ is separated in two parts that resemble bags and are located behind the breast bone.
The Lungs
What is this muscular bag that contains acid ( digestive juices) and breaks food down into a liquid called chyme. It can hold about a litre of food for adults and a bit less for a child.
Stomach
Neurons are cells that are located in which organ of the body?
The brain
Differences between arteries and veins
(Why are arteries coloured red and the veins blue?)
Arteries carry oxygen rich blood from heart to the rest of your body, and veins carry blood less oxygen back to the lungs.
Veins contain valves, arteries do not.
Arteries have a thicker wall than veins
Bones are living organs. They are alive, growing and changing all the time. Three ways to make strong bones
1. regular exercise
2. calcium from food
3. vitamin D from food and sunshine
List the 5 main organs that make up the Digestive System.
mouth, esophagus, stomach,small intestine, large intestine
Name three tissues located in the stomach?
These two systems work together to enable us to move:
Muscular-skeletal system
Nervous system
Located inside the bone, this part can store fat or create blood cells.
What is bone marrow?
Three ways to be heart smart and stay away from the problems including high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke
1. Don't smoke
2. Eat healthy
3. Regular exercise
List the 4 main organs that make up the Respiratory System
nose, throat ( larynx), trachea, lungs, bronchi & diaphragm
Food spends between 2-6 hours in this organ
Small intestine
Three kinds of freely movable joints are
What is the difference between Somatic and Automatic in the Nervous System
The somatic nervous system consists of nerves that go to the skin and muscles and is involved in conscious activities. The autonomic nervous system consists of nerves that connect the CNS to the visceral organs such as the heart, stomach, and intestines. It mediates unconscious activities.
What are the tiny hair-like structures in intestines called?
Villi
What are the air sacs called in the bronchioles of the lungs that exchange co2 and o2 between blood vessels?
Alveoli
A waste gas that is transported in veins from the body to the lungs via the heart
carbon dioxide