Structure and Support
What are the main parts of the skeletal system?
What is the name of the organ where absorption of nutrients takes place?
Small Intestine
What are the main parts of the nervous system?
Brain, Spine, and Nerves
What are the names of the three types of blood vessels?
Arteries, Veins, and Capalaries
What is the name of your windpipe?
Trachea
What is the function of the muscular system?
Allows your body to move
What is the function of the Excretory System?
Removes solid, liquid, and gas waste
cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
Describe the blood flow of the arteries and veins.
Arteries take blood away from the heart.
Veins take blood back to the heart.
What major gas enters the lungs?
Gas that is required to exit your body.
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Which muscle works with the heart - contracts and relaxes the heart?
Cardiac Muscle
What is the name of our food pipe?
Esophagus
List two types of involuntary body control.
Example: Breathing
Example: Blinking
What is located in the circulatory system that absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream?
Villi
Main organ of the respiratory system
Lungs
What is the function of the skeletal system?
1. Provide structure and support
2. Provides protection
3. Stores minerals
4. Helps with movement
What is the function of the digestive System?
Process of Breaking Down Food
What is the function of the nervous system?
1. detects
2. processes information
3. respond to informaion
What is the difference between red and white blood cells?
Red blood cells carry oxygen.
White Blood cells help the body defend itself from toxins and diseases.
Exchange of gases between the body and environment
How do the muscular system and skeletal system work together?
The muscular system is attached to the bones with tendons and ligaments.
Cartilage also supplies support.
This allows for movement.
How do the digestive and excretory systems work together?
The digestive and excretory systems work together to break down food, absorb nutrients, and remove food.
How do the digestive and nervous systems work together/interact?
When we eat, our brain sends signals to our digestive tract, which breaks down what we eat into smaller molecules for absorption into our bloodstream.
What is the function of the circulatory system?
1. transports nutrients, gases, wastes, and other substances through your body.
How do the respiratory and circulatory systems work together?
The respiratory system transports oxygen from the lungs into the blood.
The circulatory system transports oxygen throughout the body, picking up carbon dioxide.
The blood carries the carbon dioxide back to the lungs, waiting to be exhaled.