Body Systems 1
Which organ pumps blood throughout your body?
Heart
Where does digestion begin?
Mouth
Which organ absorbs most of the nutrients from the food you eat?
Small Intestines
What does the endocrine system use to send messages around the body?
What is the LARGEST organ in the human body?
Skin
What does the circulatory system carry around your body?
Blood, oxygen, nutrients and waste
Which organ breaks down food using acids and digestive Juices?
Stomach
Which organ makes insulin, a hormone that helps control blood sugar?
Pancreas
What body system allows your body to move?
Muscular System
Which organ controls and coordinates many of your body's activities?
Brain
You touch something hot and quickly pull away your hand away. Which body system helps you react?
Nervous System
Which organs bring oxygen into your body when you breathe?
Lungs
What protects your brain?
Skull
Which body system gives your body support and helps protect your organs?
Skeletal System
What gas does your body get rid of when you breathe out?
Carbon Dioxide
What carries messages between your brain and the rest of your body?
Nerves
Name ONE thing your skin does for your body.
Protects the body, helps control temperature or allows you to sense things.
The reproductive system becomes especially important when humans grow into what stage of life?
Adulthood
Your muscles and bones work together to help you do what?
Move
What protects your heart and lungs?
Ribs
What is one major job of the immune system?
Your body is fighting bacteria that made you sick. What body system is helping fight the bacteria?
Immune System
What is the main job of reproductive system?
It allows humans to produce offspring-BABIES
Which organs filter waste from your blood and make urine?
Kidneys
What 2 body systems are working together in this scenario: You are running during PE. Your heart beats faster and you breathe faster.
Circulatory and Respiratory