The Skin
The outer layer of the skin.
What is the Epidermis?
All the bones in your body.
What is a skeleton?
The heart blood vessels and blood.
What is the cardiovascular system?
Describe the look of the three blood vessels.
Arteries are thick walled vessels.
Veins are thinner walled vessels.
Capillaries are tiny thin walled vessels.
Openings on the skin that allow sweat to reach the surface.
What are pores?
Please define both involuntary muscles and voluntary muscles.
Involuntary muscles move on their own without our control.
Voluntary muscles can move under our control.
Describe the functions of the left and right atrium?
Left atrium receives oxygen rich blood from the lungs.
Right atrium receives oxygen poor blood from the body.
Describe the functions of the three blood vessels.
Arteries push blood out of the heart into capillaries, either towards the lungs or the body.
Veins bring blood back to the heart, either from the lungs or the body.
Capillaries move material to be exchanged between the blood and body cells.
What are three habits to keep your skin healthy?
Eat a healthy diet, keep your skin clean, and limit your time in the sun.
Daily Triple!
1. A place where two bones come together?
2. Give an example of number 1.
3. A strong connective tissue that holds bones together.
1. What is a joint
2.Ball and Socket, Hinge, Gliding, Pivot.
3.What is a ligament?
Describe the functions of the left and right ventricle.
Left ventricle pumps oxygen rich blood to the body.
Right ventricle pumps oxygen poor blood to the lungs.
The liquid part of blood.
What is plasma?
DAILY DOUBLE!
1. The inner layer of the skin.
2. The pigment that colors the skin.
1. What is the dermis?
2. What is melanin?
What are the three main types of muscles? Explain all three.
Skeletal muscles, Cardiac muscle, smooth muscle.
The body's drainage system?
What is the lymphatic system?
The body's disease fighters.
What are white blood cells?
Protects the body, maintains temperature, eliminates waste, gathers information and produces vitamin D.
What are the five skeletal functions?
Provides shape, allows movement, protects organs, produces blood cells, and stores minerals.
What are the four main functions of the cardiovascular system?
Deliver materials, regulate body temperature, fight disease, and remove waste.
What are the four main blood types? And which blood type is special and why?
A, B, AB, and O. O is universal.