Digestive System
This organ is responsible for absorbing most of the nutrients from food
What is the Small Intestine?
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What are Arteries?
This part of the nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System?
This type of muscle is found only in the heart.
What are Cardiac Muscles?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This is the name of the green fluid produced by the liver that helps break down fats?
What is Chyme?
This component of blood is responsible for carrying oxygen.
What are Red Blood Cells?
This long fiber of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body.
What is the Axon?
Type of muscle movement under your conscious control.
What is Voluntary Movement?
This is the primary function of sweat glands
What is to Regulate Body Temperature?
These structures in the small intestine increases surface area for nutrient absorption
What are Villi?
The upper chambers of the heart are called this.
What are Atriums?
A quick, automatic response to a stimulus is called this.
What is a Reflex?
Skeletal muscles often work in _______.
What are Pairs?
The protein that makes skin, hair, and nails tough and waterproof.
What is Keratin?
The process of chemical digestion begins here.
What is the mouth?
This blood component helps the body form clots to stop bleeding.
What are Platelets?
These protect the spinal cord.
What are Vertebrae?
Muscles that control endurance are often called this.
What are Slow-Twitch fibers?
This is the outermost, thin layer of the skin.
What is the Epidermis?
The "trapdoor" that prevents food from entering the windpipe is called this.
Epiglottis
The iron-containing protein in red blood cells is called this.
What is Hemoglobin?
These neurons carry information from the senses to the brain.
What are Sensory Neurons?
These are the three types of muscles.
What are Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth muscles?
The pigment that gives skin its color and protects against UV rays.
What is Melanin?