Skeletal System
What type of tough bone is on the OUTSIDE of bones?
What is compact bone
This organ is responsible for absorbing most of the nutrients
Small intestine
The most important organ for breathing - protected by sternum and ribs
What are the lungs?
This is the most important organ of the Circulatory System
What is the HEART!
What is a "change in the environment" called which activates the nervous system
What is a stimulus
Important type of cells made inside the bones
What are blood cells/ red blood cells
Chyme is made here and mechanical and chemical digestion occurs here to break down food
What is the stomach?
What is another name for the windpipe?
What is the trachea?
The heart moves this throughout the body.
What is blood?
What type of neuron picks up a stimulus from the environment
What are sensory neurons
A set of bones that protect the heart and lungs.
What are the ribs
In this organ you will find the solids remaining, water is absorbed here
What is large intestine?
The muscle responsible for expanding and contracting the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
The tubes which carry blood AWAY from the heart to the rest of the body.
What are the arteries?
What organ receives and decodes messages in the nervous system
What is the Brain
What are 2 jobs of the skeletal system?
1) provide structure, 2) allow movement, 3) protect the bodies organs, 4) produce red blood cells, 5) store fats and minerals
break down food; absorb nutrients; get rid of wastes
How does the respiratory system maintain homeostasis?
Breathe in oxygen and exhale/release carbon dioxide (waste gas)
How does the circulatory system maintain homeostasis?
To circulate blood, oxygen and nutients to all parts of the human body.
How does the nervous system maintain homeostasis?
Controls body functions; sends and receives messages from the brain; uses senses to interpret messages
Place where 2 bones come together and allows for movement?
What is joint
What type of digestion involves the teeth and tongue and stomach?
Mechanical Digestion
This is where the gas exchange happens in the lungs
What is alveoli?
The SMALLEST blood vessel - allows for exchange with body cells
What is capillary
What type of signals are used to transmit messages
Electrical impulses