Body Systems
Continuation of the human race
What is the reproductive system?
Supplies oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
Main organ of the cardiovascular system
What is the heart?
Hollow spaces within the design of the skull bone
What are the sinuses?
Place where bones join
What is a joint?
A group of similar cells that work together
What are tissues?
The axial skeleton is made up of bones in these two places
What are the head and spine?
Gives support to the body
What is the skeletal system?
Provides movement by working with the skeletal system
What is the muscular system?
The main organ in the digestive system
What is the stomach?
The largest bone in the body
What is the femur?
The most common type of joint injury
What is a sprain?
The type of tissue that connects bones
What is connective tissue?
The appendicular skeleton refers to bones of the arms, legs, hips, and this part
What are the shoulders?
Breaks down food into a form to be absorbed easily.
What is the digestive system?
Coordinates activities of the body by sending signals
What is the nervous system?
Part of the endocrine system
What are hormones?
Crack or break in a bone
What is a fracture?
When a joint is overstressed to the extent that a bone pops out of alignment
What is a dislocation?
This type of tissue controls organs
What is nerve tissue?
The major bones of the head are the cranium and these bones
What are the facial bones?
Brings food, water, and oxygen to the cells
What is the cardiovascular system?
Protects from diseases
What is the immune system?
Part of the excretory system
What are sweat glands?
Cable of fibers that attaches a muscle to a bone
What is a tendon?
The most common degerative condition of the joint
What is arthritis?
This type of tissue covers and protects organs
The four categories of bones based on their shape
What are long, short, flat, and irregular?
Protects the body
What is the integumentary system?
Gives messages to organs to slow down and speed up and regulates chemicals in the body
What is the endocrine system?
The largest organ of the body, this belongs to the integumentary system
What is the skin?
Tissue that joins bone to bone
What is a ligament?
Tough, rubbery connective tissue that cushions the joints between bones
What is cartilage?
This type of tissue helps the body move?
What is muscle tissue?
The major bones in the arm
What are the humerus, radius, and ulna?