Bones
Where the red, white blood cells, and platelets are produced.
What is marrow?
What are cardiac muscles?
Carry oxygen-poor blood to the heart.
What are veins?
Where air enters our body.
What are our nostrils?
Chronic lung disease that causes wheezing and shortness of breath.
What is asthma?
What are ligaments?
Bundled fibers make this type of muscle which helps make voluntary motions.
What are skeletal muscles?
What is hemoglobin?
A thick muscle needed for breathing which is located under the chest cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
Overstretched muscle.
What is a strain?
Connective tissue found at the ends of bones to help cushion them and reduce friction.
What is cartilage?
Muscles made of small connected cells that move involuntarily like in the stomach.
What are capillaries?
The flap of tissue that covers the trachea when you swallow.
What is the epiglottis?
Infection of lung tissue caused by bacteria or a virus.
What is pneumonia?
The soft bone layer that gives flexibility to the bone and makes it lighter.
What is spongy bone?
Tough bands of tissue that fasten your muscles to your bones.
What are tendons?
Small colorless bodies that stop the flow of blood.
What are platelets?
The voice box.
What is the larynx?
High blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
The cells that make up bones and are responsible for bone growth and repair.
What are osteocytes?
The upper chambers of the heart.
What is an atrium?
We have hundreds of millions of these tiny air sacs in our lungs.
What are alveoli?
Loss of bone tissue that can be prevented by getting lots of calcium in your diet.