Body Systems
I'm the system that gets rid of liquid waste.
What is the Excretory system?
I am a joint that can bend and straighten. You can find me in the knee and elbow.
What is a hinge joint?
The little sacks that exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
When you chew your food, this type of digestion is at play.
What is mechanical digestion?
The brain and spine are in the middle of your body, so it makes sense that they are given this name.
What is the central nervous system?
I'm made up of bones, ligaments, and cartilage. I keep organs safe and even make red blood cells.
What is the skeletal system?
I connect muscle to bone. The Greek hero Achilles made me famous.
What is a tendon?
These large tubes are filled with oxygen rich blood when they leave the heart.
What are arteries?
When the liver produces bile, it breaks down this very important nutrient. We may not want a lot of it, but everyone needs some.
What is fat?
I'm connected to the central nervous system. I take in information and pass it along.
What is peripheral nervous system?
I collect information and respond by sending electrical messages. The information may come from inside or outside of the body.
What is the nervous system?
I'm the most important MUSCLE in the body. I'm so strong, that I can move blood, which carries oxygen and nutrients, through the body.
What is cardiac muscle?
These tubes carry carbon dioxide back to the heart. They are usually shown as blue in pictures.
What are veins?
Most of the nutrients from your food are absorbed into your body in this super long tube. The villi increase its surface area creating more room for nutrients to be absorbed.
What is the small intestines.
When you get scared your endocrine system sends this to your heart through your bloodstream.
What is hormones?
My messages are chemical in nature. The chemicals I create are called hormones. These hormones travel from glands, through the bloodstream, to create homeostasis.
What is the endocrine system?
These muscles work day and night with no help from the brain.
What are involuntary muscles?
I connect arteries to veins. I'm only one cell thick. My thin walls allow oxygen to flow out to other body cells and carry carbon dioxide away from body cells.
What are capillaries?
This muscular bag churns and mixes food with enzymes before it moves on to the intestines.
What is the stomach?
I'm the nerve that gathers information from other cells and passes it to the axon.
What are dendrites?
I remove pathogens and dead cells from the body. White blood cells are found in my system.
What is the lymphatic system?
Both types exercises can be done in a gym. The first one works your heart, and the second one builds muscle mass.
They must be given in order to receive credit.
What is aerobic and anaerobic exercise?
I work with the circulatory system. I'm a special system that takes leaked fluid to and from the blood. White blood cells mature in my system.
What is the lymphatic system?
These four structures remove liquid from the body. Name them in order to get full credit.
What are the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra?
I let you know when it gets cold outside by receiving information through the skin.
What are sensory receptors?