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Digestive System
Excretory System
Nervous System
Endocrine System
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100
This organ helps to carry food from the mouth to the stomach
What is the esphagus
100
These structures filter your blood
What is kidneys
100
The name for a nerve cell
What is a neuron
100
The main structures of the endocrine system are
What is glands
100
This substance helps to chemically break down food in the mouth
What is saliva
200
This organ mechanically and chemically breaks down food using gastric fluids
What is the stomach
200
these organs help to eliminate carbon dioxide
What is lungs
200
These parts make up your central nervous system
What is the brain and spinal cord
200
Endocrine glands produce these substances
What is hormones
200
Your skin helps to eliminate these wastes
What is water, salts
300
This organ helps to absorb nutrients from food
What is the small intestine
300
This organ helps to remove toxins from the blood
What is the liver
300
These neurons send information from the CNS to your muscles or glands
What is motor neurons
300
Hormones are released from glands into the bodies __________
What is bloodstream
300
These neurons send information to the CNS
What is sensory neurons
400
This organ absorbs water from leftover food waste
What is the large intestine
400
These tubes bring urine from your kidneys to your bladder
What is your ureters
400
These structures receive signals from other neurons
What is dendrites
400
Areas of this organ produce the hormone insulin to help lower blood sugar levels
What is the pancreas
400
These finger like projections help to absorb nutrients in the small intestine
What is villi
500
This refers to the muscular wavelike contractions that move food through the digestive system
What is peristalsis
500
These structures found in your kidneys are the structural units that filter your blood and form urine
What is nephrons
500
This is the name given to the space between neurons
What is a synapse
500
These glands sit atop the kidneys and helps prepare the body for fight or flight situations
What is adrenal glands
500
Name 5 different classes of nutrients
What is carbs, protein, vitamins, minerals, lipids, water