Cardiovascular System
The number of chambers in the heart.
What is 4?
A network of vessels that returns fluid to the bloodstream.
What is the lymphatic system?
The two main organs in this system.
What are lungs?
Cells make tissues. Tissues make this.
What are organs
Two bean shaped organs that filter blood.
What are the kidneys?
The vessels that go away from the heart.
What are arteries?
The fluid inside the lymphatic system
What is lymph?
The two passages that direct air into the lungs.
What are the bronchi?
The 3 macronutrients of our diet.
What are protein, carbohydrate, and fats?
Where urine is stored after it leaves the kidneys.
What is the bladder?
The vessels that bring blood to the heart.
What are veins?
What is lymph nodes?
The other name for the windpipe
What is the trachea?
The part of the digestive system that absorbs the most nutrients.
What is the small intestine?
A small filtering structure in the kidney.
What is a nephron?
The smallest blood vessels in the body.
What are capillaries?
The purpose of the lymphatic system.
What is to fight infection?
Thin walled sacs of lung tissues where gases move between air and blood.
What are alveoli?
Waves of smooth muscle contractions that move food through the esophagus to the stomach (it is also used in the small intestine).
What is peristalsis?
Besides the liver, lungs, and kidneys, what is the other excretory organ.
What is skin?
The cardiovascular system has a two loop system. Name the two destinations.
What are the lungs and the body?
The name of the vessels in the lymphatic system.
What are lymph vessels?
A part of the respiratory system just below the lungs that contracts to help the lungs expands.
What is the diaphragm?
This organ you can live without. It stores bile from the liver.
What is the gall bladder?
Besides removing waste, the purpose for sweating
What is to cool the body?