Circulatory System
major organ of the circulatory system
What is heart?
What are the main organs of the respiratory system?
What are the lungs
What is the tube in your throat that brings food down?
What is the esphagus
What is the amount of energy in food measured in?
What is calories
You inhale oxygen and exhale ____________________
What is carbon dioxide
What carries blood away from the heart
What is arteries
What are the main passageways to the lungs
What are the bronchi
where food is turned with acid to break it down
What is stomach?
Which nutrient is responsible for repair of body cells?
What is protein
Where does the blood go to pick up oxygen for the body?
What are the lungs
How many chambers are in the heart
Four
What is another name for the windpipe?
What is the trachea
What filters blood coming from the digestive tract?
What is the liver
What are proteins made of?
What is amino acids
What essential nutrient is also known as lipids that help your body absorb vitamins?
What is fats
What are the bottom 2 chambers of the heart called?
What is the muscle that helps the lungs expand and contract?
What is the diaphragm?
What stores bile produced by the liver?
What is the gallbladder
What is the most important nutrient for survival?
What is water
What organ secretes enzymes to further break down food
What is the pancreas
What is the largest artery in the body?
Aorta
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called?
What are alveoli?
This breaks down food and absorbs most of the nutrients
What are small intestines?
What are the 6 kinds of nutrients in foods (yes all 6)
What is: protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, water
What is the purpose of the large intestine
To absorb any remaining water