Chillin with my Homies
The tendency of the body to seek and maintain a condition of balance within its internal environment, even when faced with external changes.
What is homeostasis?
I am the main organ of the excretory system.
What are the kidneys?
Arteries, Veins, Capillaries, Blood, Heart are all part of this system
What is the circulatory system?
The breathing in of oxygen is called inhalation. It is also called this.
What is respiration?
This body system breaks down food for nutrition at the cellular level.
What is the digestive system?
Systems of the body do this to maintain homeostasis.
What is work together?
Waste is removed from this in the excretory system.
What is blood?
I am the cell that transports oxygen.
What is a red blood cell?
Small sacs located in the lungs and the location for gas exchange.
What is alveoli?
Chewing an apple
What is mechanical digestion?
Cells use sugar and oxygen to make this.
What is energy?
I am the organ that makes urine.
What are the kidneys?
"Oxygen-rich" blood is pumped from the heart through these.
What are arteries?
This body system allows you to get rid of carbon dioxide.
What is the respiratory system?
Bile secreted from the liver
What is chemical digestion?
Sweating removes this from the body as it cools it with evaporation.
What is waste? (salts, urea, water)
These organs aid in chemical digestion.
What are the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder?
These carry deoxygenated (oxygen poor) blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
Trachea, bronchus, bronchioles, alveoli, are all a part of this system.
What is the respiratory system?
This body system removes waste from the foods we eat.
What is the digestive system?
This body system is responsible for the continuation of our species.
What is the reproductive system?
I am the muscle contractions that move food through your esophagus and down your digestive system (even when you happen to be hanging upside down).
What is peristalsis?
This body system delivers the nutrition from the food you eat to all of your cells.
What is the circulatory system?
The lungs breathe this in, and then breathe this out.
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?
I am the organ mainly responsible for nutrient absorption.
What is the small intestine?