Blood
Carbon Dioxide rich blood is transported by what vessel?
Veins
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth
The role of the respiratory system is what?
Bring in oxygen and release carbon dioxide and other waste
Digestion starts here:
Mouth
Red blood cells are responsible for transporting:
Oxygen
Give one example of how a bone/bones protect you.
Skull- brain
Ribs- heart, lungs, spleen
Vertebrae- spinal cord
This type of muscle you can not control.
Smooth, Cardiac
What is the first respiratory structure that enters the lungs?
Bronchi
This organ in the digestive system is responsible for absorbing water:
Large intestines
White blood cells are responsible for:
Fighting off infection
What is the rubbery like tissue that protects and cushions bones?
Cartilage
Other than movement what is one other role the muscular system plays a role in?
Preventing injury
Helps other organs so their jobs
What is the only lower respiratory structure that is not in the lungs?
Trachea
The stomach uses what to break down food?
Acid and enzymes
Blood can transport other substances other than oxygen and carbon dioxide, such as:
Drugs, alcohol, medicine, hormones, nutrients from food
The three main functions of the skeletal system are protection, ____________, and shape.
Structure
Muscle is attached to bone by what?
Tendon
The role of the alveoli is what?
To exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the blood.
This organ produces bile:
Liver
Platelets are responsible for:
Clotting
Bones are flexible because they contain:
Collagen
When muscles tighten and get shorter they ware doing what?
Contracting
This organ helps with breathing by allowing the lungs to expand and relax, causing inhaling and exhaling.
Diaphragm
This organ produces glucose and insulin to regulate our blood sugar levels
Pancreas