Digestive
What is the main function of the digestive system
to absorb nutrients
What is the main function of the excretory system
to collect and remove waste
What is the main function of the respiration system
to intake oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide
What is the main function of the circulatory system
to circulate the blood
What is the main function of the endocrine system
Bonus 100: What is the main function of the nervous system
to produce hormones
to send signals to the rest of the body
Give an example of mechanical digestion
chewing or churning
Name the 4 parts of the excretory system
kidneys, ureter, bladder and urethra
Where does gas exchange occur
alveoli
What part of the blood fights infection
white blood cells
What is part of the CNS of the nervous of system
brain and spinal cord
Give a example of chemical digestion
acid, salvia
What organ excretes water and salt through sweat
What prevents food from going into the trachea
epiglottis
What three things make up the circulatory system
blood vessels, blood and heart
What does the pancreas produce
insulin
Explain the process of diffusion?
Bonus: Give a example in the digestive system
when particles move from a high concentration to a low concentration
nutrients, waste or water being absorbed in the intestines
What is the name of the process where kidneys filter waste through diffusion
filtration
What is the windpipe
trachea
What do platelets do in the human body
help with blood clotting
What is the difference between the autonomic and somatic nervous system
somatic controls voluntary movement
autonomic controls involuntary functions
What organ stores bile
gallbladder
What are the units in the kidney that are responsible for filtering blood
cilia
What are the tubes in lungs
brochilii
what is the difference between veins, arteries and capillaries
Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart veins return deoxygenated blood to the heart capillaries connect arteries and veins
What part of the nervous and endocrine system work together (in the brain)
hypothalamus and pituitary gland