Systems and Organs
The system that controls motor skills, reasoning, and involuntary responses
Nervous System
The "computer" of the body, controlling all its functions
The brain
Blood has to circulate around the body with this organ.
Heart
Why are the bones important to a key liquid in the circulatory system
They make the blood.
What element in the mouth causes the start of chemical change in the digestive system
saliva
These two organs filter waste out of the bloodstream into the bladder.
The kidneys
What is the major nerve called that runs on the inside of the vertebrate?
The spinal cord
What organ carries oxygen poor blood back to the heart?
veins
Give two other functions, aside from making the blood, that the skeletal system does
It protects the body and gives it its shape.
What is the tube called that attaches the mouth to the stomach?
esophagus.
The liver has two major functions. What are they?
To produce bile and filter nutrients INTO the bloodstream.
What is the area called in which the brain is attached to the spinal cord?
brain stem
What organ carries oxygen rich blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What is the main purpose of the muscular system?
To move the body.
What is the main function of the small intestine?
To absorb nutrients and fluids into the bloodstream.
The system of the body which makes blood
Skeletal system
What do we call it when the brain controls actions such as the heart beating, eyes blinking, or sweating?
Involuntary actions
What is the scientific name for your "windpipe," the tube connecting your mouth and nose to your lungs?
trachea
Why does movement of the muscular system over long periods of time cause more work to be done with the respiratory and circulatory systems?
The muscles require oxygen rich blood. The more they move, the more oxygen they use.
What is the main functions of the large intestine?
To remove the remaining water into the bloodstream and proceed to move the waste out of the digestive system.
This organ makes insulin, which regulates blood sugar
pancreas
Why does it hurt less to pierce your earlobe than it does to pierce inside of your ear drum? BE SPECIFIC!
Because there are less nerve endings in the ear lobe. The inner ear is sending more messages to the brain.
heart, arteries, veins, heart, lungs, heart, repeat
What is the name of the connective tissue that attaches the muscles to the bones
tendons
What stores bile?
gall bladder