Human Body Systems
This body system includes our bones and gives our body structure & support
Skeletal System
The part of the body where food enters and digestion begins
Mouth
Parts of the Nervous System
Brain (Control Center), Spinal Cord, Nerves (neurons)
This organ has chambers and is the most important part of the Circulatory System.
Heart
The human body has how many bones?
Most people have 206 bones
This body system delivers oxygen-rich blood and nutrients to all parts of the body carries oxygen-poor back to the heart
Circulatory System
Biceps and triceps are included in this body system and while one contracts, the other relaxes
Muscular system
Two body systems work together to support the body and allow the body to move. Name them for 200 points each!
Skeletal and Muscular systems
Main function of the digestive system is to turn food into ?
Turn food into energy
which of the following connect muscles to bones?
nerves, tendons, ligaments, tissue
what are tendons
This body system has the job of exchanging carbon dioxide & oxygen with the environment
Respiratory system
Provides nutrients to the body that in turn will be delivered to the cells via the circulatory system
Digestive system
Trivia
Is it easier to smile or frown
Your face uses about 20 muscles to smile but about 40 to frown
what is smile
Primary function of the nervous system
Communicate with other systems
Your brain sleeps too because it needs rest like all of your other organs, true or false?
What is false! Your brain is always working that is why you have dreams at night.
A body system that contains the stomach and intestines
Digestive system
The largest organ in the human body. This one can be tricky but it is quite obvious once you see it.
Skin
Name two types of blood vessels in the circulatory system that move blood throughout the body
Arteries and Veins
Your tongue is the most flexible muscle in your body and can detect four basic flavors. Can you name them? 400 points each
Sweet, salty, sour, bitter
Your nervous system stretches out about this far if it was all in a line?
4 feet, 4 miles, 40 miles, 400 miles
what is 40 miles long
This body system controls voluntary and involuntary movements within the body
Nervous system
______ carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and _______ carries oxygen-poor blood back to the heart
500 points each!
Arteries and Veins
Organ where food mixes with juices and breaks down into smaller pieces
Stomach
These transmit chemical impulses throughout the body to generate responses
Nerves
This vital organ filters out your blood but does not pump it
Kidneys