Human Body 1
What body system contains the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord?
Nervous System
What body system takes in oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide?
Respiratory System
The smooth muscle is part of what body system?
Muscular System
What does the word, cardio, mean?
The heart
The lungs are part of what body system?
Respiratory System
What body system delivers oxygen throughout the body?
Circulatory System
What are the 3 main parts of the circulatory system?
The heart, blood vessels, and blood
What body system is responsible for sending signals throughout the body?
Nervous System
The function of a tendon
Connects a muscle to bone.
Which organ of the body helps you decide what you are going to say and helps to control your emotions and memory?
The brain
Made of tough flexible tissues, supports joints and muscles.
Ligaments
Oxygen-rich blood is what color?
Red
True or False: When we breathe in, it is called inhalation.
True
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
Smooth (Involuntary)
Skeletal (Voluntary)
Cardiac (Heart)
Which body organ, besides your lungs, helps move oxygen throughout the body?
Arteries
The biggest bone in the leg.
Femur
The parts of the central nervous system.
Brain and spinal cord
Supports the body and allows it to be flexible.
Vertebrae
Joints connect...
Bone to Bone
Red blood cells are formed where in the body?
Bone Marrow
Peripheral nerves are responsible for controlling what kind of body processes?
(Voluntary) like senses and movement
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and deliver it to the body and veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart from the body.
3 things you can do to keep your lungs healthy.
Regular exercise, avoid air pollution and don't smoke.
What are platelets and what system does it belong to?
[Platelets] are in our blood and helps heals wounds. It belongs in the circulatory system.
White blood cells are a part of what system and mostly responsible for what?
They are part of the circulatory ( or immune) system and they help to fight off germs and infections.