Overview of the Human Body
Cells working together for a common purpose make up....
What is tissue?
This system helps you breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
This system consists of the body's 206 bones.
What is the skeletal system?
One disease that can be cause by endocrine system malfunction is.
What are diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and hypothyroidism?
This is the location in the digestive system where most of the body's nutrients are absorbed.
What is the small intestine?
Tissue working together for a common purpose make up....
What is organs?
This body system helps process food and absorb nutrients.
What is the digestive system?
This body system delivers messages to every other body system. It is the "control center" of the body.
What is the nervous system?
In the circulatory system, arteries carry (oxygenated or deoxygenated) blood to the rest of the body.
What is oxygenated blood?
This is what gives our skin its color and protects us from the sun's harmful, ultraviolet rays.
What is melanin?
Organs working together for a common purpose make up...
What are body systems?
This body system helps protect the body from pathogens, fights pathogens, and helps the body heal from injury.
What is the immune system?
This body system helps eliminate waste from the body.
What is the excretory system?
___ carry electrical impulses away from the cell body; while ___ carry electrical impulses into the neurons.
What are the axons and dendrites?
What is the epidermis?
True or False:
Each body system has a specific function; therefore none of the body systems need to work together.
This body system consists of the skin, hair, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
This body system consists of hormone and enzyme producing glands, like the thyroid, pancreas, and adrenal glands.
What is the endocrine system?
This kind of neurons tell muscles when to flex or extend.
What are motor neurons?
The integumentary system works closely with this body system to keep the body safe from pathogens.
What is the immune system?
The nervous system split into two sections: the ____ nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord; while the ____ nervous system consists of the nerves that run out to the arms, legs, and trunk of the body.
What are the central and peripheral nervous systems?
This body system includes muscles and tendons that allow our bones to move.
What is the muscular system?
This body system consists of the arteries and veins that move blood throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
The human heart has this number of chambers.
What is four?
What are two ways the body mechanically breaks down food?
What are chewing, swallowing, and muscle contractions in the esophagus and the stomach?