Body Systems 1
The system that breaks down food for cells to use.....
Digestive system
Body system that captures oxygen from the atmosphere...
Respiratory system
The body system that makes blood cells is
Skeletal System
Your body's delivery system is
It delivers oxygen and nutients to every part of your body and picks up waste products on the return trip.
What organ selectively filters your blood and puts the waste products into your urine?
kidneys
This system contains the bladder
excretory system
This organ of the circulatory system is composed of completely involuntary muscle tissue and without it we will die
Heart
What are the small air sacks inside the lungs where gas exchange occurs called?
Alveoli
The basic building blocks of all living organisms.... (5 letters)
cells
Organ that absorbs water and nutrients from food and carries away waste
Intestines
Small intestine absorb nutrients from the digested food and large intestine (colon) socks up water and rids solid waste.
A waste gas that is transported in veins from the body to the lungs via the heart
carbon dioxide
Which type of muscle is voluntary?
skeletal
What determines the function of a cell?
Its shape
What is this muscular bag that contains acid ( digestive juices) and breaks food down into a liquid called chyme. It can hold about a litre of food for adults and a bit less for a child.
Stomach
What are the smallest blood vessels called?
capillaries
Which body system's job is transportation?
circulatory system
Urine travels from the kidneys to the bladder in this tube
Ureters
What are two type of involuntary muscle?
List the 5 main organs that make up the Digestive System.
mouth, esophagus, stomach,small intestine, large intestine
Name the levels of organization of an organism from smallest to largest
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
These two systems work together to enable us to move
muscular and skeletal
(muscles and skeleton)
What is the muscle below the lungs that helps you to breathe?
diaphragm
Three ways to be heart smart and stay away from the problems including high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke
1.don't smoke
2.eat healthy
3.regular exercise
List the 4 main organs that make up the Respiratory System
nose, throat ( larynx), trachea, lungs, bronchi & diaphragm
Food spends between 2-6 hours in this organ
Small intestine
What carries blood away from and brings blood back to the heart?
How long is the average adult human digestive system in feet/
30 feet
The process that the plant absorbs sunlight and uses the sun's energy to make food from the water and air.
The two organs ___________ and _________ make juices that help food break down even further ( smaller pieces)in the small intestine, so they can be absorbed by the body.
liver and pancreas
If humans live to the age of 80, and their hearts beat an average of 70 times a minute, how many times will their hearts beat through a lifetime?
Explain your math equation.