Circulatory System
Small blood vessels that deliver nutrients and oxygen to cells throughout your body
What are capillaries?
A hollow tube in the middle of your neck, also known as the "voice box"
What is the larynx?
What is the largest muscle in the human body
What is the gluteus maximus?
The amount of bones a human has.
What is 206?
What system protects your body from foreign pathogens
What is the Immune system?
This organ pumps blood throughout the heart
What is the heart?
Organ used to humidify and filter, and act as a channel for filtering air
What is the nose?
This type of muscle is attached to bones
What are skeletal muscles?
This tissue connects bones to muscles
What are tendons?
The immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that make insulin.
What is type 1 diabetes?
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
This muscle helps your lungs expand and contract
What is the diaphragm?
The main muscle used for breathing
What is the diaphragm?
This mineral helps build stronger bones
What is calcium?
This organ produces white blood cells to fight infections
What is the bone marrow?
These blood cells carry oxygen
What are red blood cells?
What directs food to your stomach and air to your lungs
What is the epiglottis
Muscles that help food move through your intestines
What are smooth muscles?
This organ produces blood cells
What is bone marrow?
Harmful organisms that can potentially cause disease
What is bacteria?
When a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts
What is a stroke?
This organ helps you breathe by taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
What are lungs?
A condition characterized by reduced body fat and increased muscle size.
What is muscle hypertrophy?
A skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, breaking of bone tissue leading to more fractured bones, and increased bone fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
These cells fight off infections and diseases in the body
What are white blood cells?