Voacb 1
Vocab 2
Vocab3
Digestive System
Brain
100

 Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.

Veins

100

The way an animal acts

behavior

100

A material consisting of solid parts floating in liquid plasma, which moves substances through an animal’s body

Blood

100

This part of the digestive system removes water and waste.  It completes digestion

Large Intestine

100

Give 1 example of a reflex and 1 example of an instinct

Reflexes: Blinking, Sneezing, Pulling hand from something hot, coughing, shivering

Instincts: Building a nest, Spider spinning webs, Migration, Hibernation

200

 A type of skeleton on the outside of some animals’ bodies.

exoskeleton

200

An organ in the nervous system that is the control center of the body

Brain

200

Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

Arteries

200

This part of the digestive system breaks down food using saliva

Mouth

200

This part of the brain controls memory, learning, and thinking

Cerebrum

300

The process of moving blood and the materials it carries through an animal’s body.

circulation

300

A behavior that an animal is born knowing how to do.

Instinct

300

A place where two or more bones come together.

Joints

300

This part of the digestive system absorbs all of the useful parts of food

Small Intestine

300

This part of the brain controls balance

Cerebellum

400

 A flattened structure on the body of a fish that helps the fish move, steer, and balance.

fin

400

Information stored in the brain that an animal remembers

Memory

400

A pump made of muscle that moves blood through the body

Heart

400

This part of the digestive system carries food down to the stomach

Esophagus

400

This part of the brain controls body functions like heartbeat, breathing, and digestion

Brain Stem

500

A structure that contracts and relaxes to produce movement.

muscle

500

 A long bundle of nerves that connects the brain to the rest of the body

Spinal Cord

500

All of the bones or other structures that provide support to an animal’s body

Skeleton

500

This part of the digestive system breaks down food using digestive juices

Stomach

500

These 3 things make up the nervous system

Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves

M
e
n
u