Digestive system
Name 2 organs of the digestive system
Possible: Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine...
What organ filters your blood?
Kidney
What organ pumps your blood?
Heart
What kind of muscle is your intestines?
Smooth
What are the 3 structures that make up the nervous system?
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
Name what's in the mouth that chemically digests food
Saliva
What is the opening of the bladder called?
Urethra
What is the smallest blood vessel that exhanges oxygen with carbon dioxide?
Capillaries
How many bones does an adult have?
206
What are the 2 structures that make up the endocrine sysrtem
glands and hormones
In which part of the digestive system do most nutrients get ABSORBED into the bloodstream?
Small Intestines
How much urine can the average bladder hold?
1 pint
What are the 4 parts of blood
Red blood cell
White blood cell
platelets
plasma
What exacly connects bone to muscle?
Tendon
What is the term that is describing your body's way of regulating itself?
Homeostasis
Name the organ that makes the bile that breaks down fat.
Liver
What is the long tubes leading to the bladder called?
Ureter
Which blood vessel leaves the heart?
Artery
What are the 3 types of muscles?
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Which hormone gives out the "fight or flight" response
adrenaline
What is the name of the fingerlike projections that absorbs nutrients in the small intestine?
villi
Name 2 specific substances that the kidneys filter out of the blood
Urea, extra water, vitamins, minerals
Which part of the blood clots your blood?
Platelets
What term describes movements you can control versus movements you have no control over?
Voluntary and involuntary
What is the term used to describe a nerve cell?
Neuron