Organs
This is a J-shaped muscular organ in the upper abdomen that mixes food with digestive juices (acids and enzymes) to break it down mechanically and chemically, turning it into a soupy mixture called chyme before passing it to the small intestine, playing crucial roles in storage, digestion, and nutrient absorption
What is the stomach?
The system that is the body's vital gas exchange network, bringing oxygen in and expelling carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
This is the primary function of the urinary system
What is to filter blood, remove waste (like urea) and excess water to produce urine, and maintain the body's fluid, electrolyte, and pH balance
This is the process of chewing
What is mastication?
This is the name for the voice box
What is the larynx?
The organ that is responsible for gas exchange
What are the lungs?
The system that protects the body from disease and infection
What is the Lymphatic & Immune System
This is the main function of the respiratory system
What is to exchange gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)?
This is the medical & scientific name for throat
What is the Pharynx?
This is the tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder
What are the ureters?
This organ filters waste from the blood and produces urine
What is the kidney?
This is your body's complex process and set of organs that break down food into nutrients for energy, growth, and repair
What is the digestive system?
This is the function of the Lymphatic & Immune systems
What is your body's defense network?
This is a serious, irreversible lung disease causing scarring and narrowing of the small airways (bronchioles) due to inhaling toxic chemicals, famously linked to diacetyl used in microwave popcorn flavorings, but now also found in some e-cigarettes
What is Popcorn Lung?
This is the location of the kidneys
What is near the middle of the back, just below the rib cage?
This is the organ that is primarily responsible for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
What is the small intestine?
This is the system that filters blood to remove waste and excess water, producing urine
What is the urinary system?
These are the three functions of the digestive system
What is digestion, absorption, and elimination
This severe, inflammatory lung condition caused by vaping goes by this acronym
What is EVALI; E-cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury?
These are in the mouth and and produce the first digestive juices
What are salivary glands?
This organ is part of both the digestive and endocrine systems
What is the pancreas?
What is the digestive and endocrine system?
What is the function of the kidneys?
What is to filter waste from the blood and regulate water levels?
These are the three parts of the small intestines
What are the ileum, the duodenum, and the jejunum?
What is the term for the process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment?
What is homeostasis?