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Arteries, capillaries, and Veins
The Circulatory System
The
respiratory
system
The Digestive System
The
Urinary System
100
The three kinds of blood vessels are
arteries, capillaries, and veins
100
What is the job of the circulatory system?
moves material around the body.
100
Our respiratory system is coated with a sticky, thick fluid that traps dust, germs, and other things in the air. This is called ____________
mucus
100
The first step of digestion is
chewing
100
what pair or organs remove waste from your blood?
kidneys
200
The smallest kind of blood vessel is called a
capillary
200
What are the parts of the circulatory system?
The heart, blood, and tubes called blood vessels
200
The tube that carries air from the larynx to the lungs is called the _________
trachea
200
what is the name of the tube that carries food to the stomach after we chew it?
esophagus
200
Sweat glands also benefit us in what way?
releasing waste.
300
Blood vessels that carry blood away from your heart to other parts of your body are called
arteries
300
Tubes that carry blood through the body are called what?
blood vessels
300
The trachea branches into bronchi that go into the lungs. In the lungs, these branch out into smaller and smaller tubes called ________
bronchioles
300
What is the job of the epiglottis?
it moves to cover your trachea when you swallow. It prevents food from going down the wrong pipe.
300
Which intestine does our food pass through right before it exits our body?
large intestine.
400
flaps that act like doors to keep blood flowing in one direction are called _____________
valves
400
These blood cells work hard to protect your body against germs and other harmful things.
White blood cells
400
Little hairlike structures that help keep the air clean are called
cilia
400
What "gland" produces saliva that has the chemicals to digest food.
Salivary glands
400
If our body did not have a type of urinary system, we would not live very long because...
waste is poison to our body
500
Blood vessels that take blood from cells back to the heart are called __________
veins
500
These blood cells carry oxygen to the rest of the body
Red Blood cells
500
What is the job of the air sacs?
oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood.
500
Which intestine squeezes the digested food into a winding tube and is about 20 feet long?
small intestine
500
Our stomach is lined with hydrochloric acid, this acid does what?
helps digest our food