The Vital Functions
What are the three vital functions?
Interaction, Nutrition and Reproduction
Humans are ____________. This means we are born from our mother's womb.
Hint: Reproduction
Viviparous
Why is it important to follow a healthy lifestyle?
To protect our body from illness.
When two or more bones are connected.
Hint: the knee
Joints
What are the five senses?
Hearing, Sight, Smell, Taste and Touch
This system takes oxygen from the air and expels carbon dioxide.
Hint: the lungs and the trachea
Respiration system
Which systems help us humans get us get nutrients?
Hint: The vital functions, stomach, heart, lungs, bladder....
The Circulatory, Digestive, Excretory, and Respiratory systems
Doing enough physical exercise, having good posture and eating a balanced diet are all a part of having a healthy lifestyle. What are some other healthy habits?
Having good hygiene, spending time with friends, and sleeping between 8-10 hours.
This tissue attaches muscles to the bones.
Tendons
The skin is the organ of the ____ sense.
Touch
This system cleans the blood.
Hint: the bladder and kidneys.
Excretory system
How does the interaction function control and coordinate actions?
Hint: How does it work?
It receives information from the environment through our five senses and then our body responds to it.
Washing your hands before you eat, keeping your body, clothes and house clean are all examples of having ______ _______.
Good hygiene
Elastic tissue that connects bones to each other.
Ligaments
Light enters through the pupil, the lens and the retina of the ______.
Hint: sight
Eye
This system pumps blood from the heart to the lungs to get oxygen and also gets rid of waste products.
Hint: The heart and blood vessels.
The Circulatory system
What does the nervous system do?
Hint: Spinal column, nerves and sense organs
Receives information from the sense organs and tells the musculoskeletal system what to do.
What does a balanced diet have?
Fruit, vegetables, water and high-fiber foods.
Tissue that can stretch or contract.
Hint: It helps bones move.
Muscles
Which sense uses the olfactory receptors in the nasal cavity?
Hint: nose
Smell
This system converts food into substances that our body can use.
Hint: The esophagus, intestines and stomach.
The Digestive system
The ears, eyes, nose, skin and tongue are all _______ _______.
Hint: We receive information through them.
Sense Organs
The bladder, blood vessels, esophagus, heart, intestines, kidneys, stomach, and trachea are all human ________.
Organs
Our ______ is made up of _________.
Hint: Gives the body shape and protects the internal organs.
The outer ear detects sound reaches the cochlea and auditory nerve. This sends signals to the brain. What sense is this describing?