System Match-Up
This system transports oxygen and nutrients.
What is the circulatory system?
This organ pumps blood through your entire body.
What is the heart?
This red liquid carries oxygen and nutrients through your blood vessels.
What is blood?
What is the largest organ in your body?
Skin
Which two systems help you run?
Muscular + skeletal systems
The main organ of this system is the brain.
What is the nervous system?
These two systems help your body remove waste like sweat and urine.
What are the excretory and integumentary systems?
These stretchy connections join muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
Which muscle causes hiccups?
Diaphragm
Which two systems help you breathe and circulate oxygen?
Respiratory + circulatory
This sytem removes waste like urea and maintains water balance.
What is the excretory system?
This dome-shaped muscle helps you breathe in and out.
What is the diaphragm?
These organs filter your blood to make urine.
What are the kidneys?
How many major body systems do humans have?
11
Which systems help control body functions using messages and hormones?
Nervous + endocrine systems
Hormones are released by this system.
What is the endocrine system?
This system sends fast electrical signals to control actions and reactions.
What is the nervous system?
This part of your brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
What system contains over 600 muscles?
Muscular system
Which two systems are involved in waste removal (pee & sweat)?
Excretory + integumentary systems
This system includes the skin, nails, and hair. What function does it mainly serve?
Protection, temperature regulation, and sensory reception (What is the integumentary system?)
These chemical messengers, produced by glands, help control growth, mood, and metabolism.
What are hormones?
These tiny air sacs in your lungs are where oxygen enters your blood.
What are alveoli?
How long would your blood vessels be if stretched end-to-end?
About 100,000 km or twice around the Earth!
What system works with nearly every other system to keep the body healthy by fighting off illness?
What is the immune system?