Organ system that supports and protects the body and allows it to move.
What is the skeletal system?
100
Where the exchange of gases take place in the lungs.
What are the alveoli?
100
Primary function of the excretory system.
What is to eliminate cellular wastes?
100
Made up of the CNS and the PNS.
What is nervous system?
100
When hormone levels are kept from rising too high.
What is negative feedback?
200
Another function of the skeletal system besides protection, support, and movement.
What is storage or blood cell production?
200
Describes both the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems.
What is the circulatory system?
200
Breaking, crushing, and mashing of food.
What is mechanical digestion?
200
Maintains homeostasis by using hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
200
Controls all of the senses.
What is the nervous system?
300
Allows your body to move and be flexible.
What is the muscular system?
300
Performs respiration.
What is the respiratory system?
300
Where most nutrients are absorbed during digestion.
What is the small intestine?
300
When the levels of hormones continue to rise.
What is positive feedback?
300
Chemical that the body uses to break down large molecules into smaller molecules.
What is an enzyme?
400
The tissue that pumps blood around the body.
What is cardiac muscle?
400
Maintains homeostasis by transporting hormones, nutrients, and oxygen to cells and by carrying wastes away from cells.
What is blood?
400
Filters your blood and then sends the urine to the urinary bladder.
What are the kidneys?
400
Made up of the brain and the spinal cord.
What is the CNS?
400
The circulation of blood helps maintain homeostasis by regulating this.
What is body temperature?
500
By taking care of your bones and muscles with exercise and a healthy diet you are aiding your body in maintaining a stable internal environment, otherwise known as _______.
What is homeostasis?
500
Organs that carry blood to the heart.
What are veins?
500
The excretory system works with the endocrine system to maintain homeostasis by controlling the amounts of these two substances in the blood.
What are water and salt?
500
Can cause change in another cell or tissue in a different part of the body.