Levels of Organization
What is the first or simplest level in our body's organization?
The cell
What are the 3 types of muscle?
Cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and smooth muscle
What is the difference between veins and arteries?
Veins bring blood back to heart and arteries carry blood out to body.
What is an example of mechanical digestion?
1. chewing food with teeth and tongue
OR
2. smooth muscle squeezing and mixing food in stomach
which lung is larger, the left or right?
Right lung is larger
What do you call a group of the same type of cell?
tissue
Where is the only place you will find cardiac muscle?
Heart
What is the heart's main function?
To pump blood to the whole body
What is the process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules?
Digestion
What strong muscle is used to help you breathe?
Diaphragm
What does muscle tissue do?
Makes parts of your body move.
What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscle?
You can control voluntary muscles, you cannot control involuntary muscles
Besides delivering materials and removing waste, what two other functions does the cardiovascular system do?
Regulate temperature and fight disease
What process is happening when digested food passes through the walls of your digestive system into your blood?
Absorption
How does your cardiovascular system help the respiratory system?
Your blood carries the Oxygen to your cells and carries CO2️back to lungs
What does epithelial tissue do?
Covers the surfaces of your body inside and out.
How do skeletal muscles work?
They work in pairs. When one muscle in the pair contracts, the other relaxes
Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen poor blood to the lungs?
The right ventricle
Where does most absorption take place?
The small intestine
What two substances do your lungs remove from your body when you exhale?
Carbon dioxide and water
What are the four different types of tissue in the body?
muscle, nervous, connective, and epithelial
How can you keep your muscles healthy?
Regular exercise
Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygen rich blood to the body?
The left ventricle
What is the order in which food moves through the body? Put in order: stomach, large intestine, mouth, small intestine, esophagus
1.Mouth
2.Esophagus
3. Stomach
4. Small intestine
5. Large intestine
what are four problems that can develop from smoking?
Bronchitis, atherosclerosis, lung cancer, and emphysema