Skeletal
What is the primary function of the skeletal system?
What is to provide structure and support to the body?
What are the three types of muscles found in the human body?
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles?
What is the primary function of the respiratory system?
What is to provide oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide?
What is the main function of the circulatory system?
What is to transport blood, nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hormones throughout the body?
What is the smallest unit of life?
What is a cell?
What is the function of the bone marrow?
What is to produce blood cells?
What is the main function of the muscular system?
What is to enable movement of the body and maintain posture?
Name the main organ of the respiratory system.
What is the lungs?
What are the three main components of the circulatory system?
What are the heart, blood vessels, and blood?
What comes after cells in the hierarchical organization?
What is tissues?
How do bones in the skeletal system help protect internal organs?
What is by encasing them in a hard structure (like the ribcage protects the heart and lungs)?
How do skeletal muscles work in pairs?
What is one muscle contracts while the other relaxes (antagonistic pairs)?
What is the process by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs called?
What is gas exchange or respiration?
How does the heart function as a pump?
What is it contracts to push blood out into the arteries and relaxes to fill with blood?
Name one type of tissue found in the human body.
What is muscle tissue, connective tissue, epithelial tissue, or nervous tissue?
What mineral is critical for bone health and strength?
What is calcium?
What is the primary function of smooth muscle?
What is to control involuntary movements in organs such as the stomach and intestines?
What gas do we inhale that is essential for cellular respiration?
What is oxygen?
What blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart?
What are arteries?
What is the next level of organization after tissues?
What is organs?
How do muscles interact with the skeletal system to enable movement?
What is muscles contract to pull on bones, causing movement at the joints?
How do the muscular and skeletal systems work together?
What is muscles contract to move bones, allowing for movement?
How do the respiratory and circulatory systems work together during exercise?
What is the respiratory system provides oxygen to the blood, which the circulatory system delivers to muscles?
What are some potential effects on the body if someone has a malfunctioning circulatory system?
What is reduced oxygen delivery to tissues, fatigue, shortness of breath, and increased risk of heart attack or stroke?
What is the hierarchical order from simplest to most complex in biological organization?
What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism?