The Musculoskeletal System
This type of muscle is attached to bones and helps you move.
What is skeletal muscle?
This organ helps you breathe by taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.
What are the lungs?
The organ where food is first broken down by chewing and saliva.
What is the mouth?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This organ controls all body functions.
What is the brain?
The human body has _____ of these.
What is 206?
This muscle at the bottom of the ribcage helps you inhale and exhale.
What is the diaphragm?
This long tube moves food from the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
These blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
This long bundle of nerves runs down your back and sends messages.
What is the spinal cord?
This is the longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
These tiny air sacs in the lungs help oxygen move into the blood.
What are alveoli?
This organ produces acid to help break down food.
What is the stomach?
These tiny blood vessels allow oxygen and nutrients to pass into cells.
What are capillaries?
This part of the brain controls movement, balance, and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This type of muscle is found in the heart and never gets tired.
What is cardiac muscle?
The tube that carries air from your nose and mouth to your lungs.
What is the trachea?
This organ removes water from waste before it leaves the body.
What is the large intestine?
This is the only artery in the human body that carries oxygen-poor blood.
What is the pulmonary artery?
This largest part of the brain controls thinking, memory, and voluntary movements.
What is the cerebrum?
These muscles work without you thinking about them, like those in your stomach and intestines.
What are smooth muscles?
This condition makes it hard to breathe because the airways become narrow.
What is asthma?
Most digestion happens in this part of the digestive system.
What is the small intestine?
The name of the part of the heart that pumps oxygenated blood to the body.
What is the left ventricle?
These nerves send messages to the brain to let you know what is happening in the environment.
What are sensory nerves?