Body Systems 1
The system that breaks down food for cells to use.....
Digestive system
Organ system that captures oxygen from the atmosphere...
Respiratory system
Organ system that gives your body structure and support
Skeletal system
Organ system that controls movement of muscles, senses like sight and sound, and the body's reaction to any stimulus.
Nervous system
Organ system that transports oxygen and food around your body
Circulatory system
Explain why your blood may vary in it's shade of RED.
The amount of 02 in the blood. More =bright red, Less=darker red
The teeth are used in what type of digestion
Mechanical Digestion (chewing)
Chemical Digestion begins in what part of the body?
Mouth
The basic building blocks of all living organisms.... (5 letters)
cells
Organ that absorbs water and nutrients from food and carries away waste
Intestines
When a disease is present in the body, the ability to fight it off is done by which body system?
Immune
What is the largest organ of the body?
Skin
What organs make up the circulatory system?
Organ that contains acid and breaks food down
Stomach
A group of like tissues make up.....
The trachea is a gland included in the _________ system.
Respiratory
The functions of the skeletal muscles of Muscular system
Voluntary movement
Three categories of muscle tissue
Smooth
Skeletal
Cardiac
These bones not only support your body but also protect your spinal cord
Vertebrae
A waste gas that is transported in veins from the body to the lungs via the heart
carbon dioxide
These two systems work together to break down our food for nutrients and transport them throughout the body
Digestive and Circulatory Systems
Digestion begins here
The mouth
the body's ability to maintain a specific temperature, or blood pressure, or heart rate is called?
Homeostasis
List the structures that make up the Respiratory System
Nose, Mouth, Trachea, Lungs & Diaphragm
This organ of the circulatory system is composed of completely involuntary muscle tissue and without it we will die
Heart
This pipe is the opening at the back of your throat takes food to the stomach
Esophagus
The ________ system brings in oxygen molecules from the air. These oxygen molecules are already small enough to fit into cells.
Respiratory
the body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body
Circulatory System
The ______ system transports glucose, oxygen, and amino acid molecules to every cell in the body.
Circulatory System
Name one way the body maintains homeostasis in extreme hot weather
sweating