Human Body 1
What body system contains the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord?
Nervous System
What body system takes in oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide?
Respiratory System
The small intestine is part of what body system?
Digestive System
Muscles that function under your control are known as what?
Voluntary Muscles
The lungs are part of what body system?
Respiratory System
What body system delivers oxygen throughout the body?
Circulatory System
What are the 3 main parts of the circulatory system?
The heart, blood vessels, and blood
What body system is responsible for secreting hormones?
Endocrine System
What organs in the excretory system filter toxins out of the blood?
The kidneys
Which organ of the body helps you decide what you are going to say and helps to control your emotions and memory?
The brain
What is the name of the tube that carries chewed up food from the mouth and deposits it into the stomach?
The esophagus
Oxygen-rich blood is what color?
Red
Where is urine held/stored in the body before its removed from the body?
The bladder
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
Smooth (Involuntary)
Skeletal (Voluntary)
Cardiac (Heart)
Which body organ, besides your lungs, helps move oxygen throughout the body?
Heart
What is the function of the large intestine?
Absorbs water from undigested food before it exits the body.
How do the nutrients in the food you eat reach the cells in your body?
Nutrients in digested food pass through the walls of the small intestine and are carried by the blood to the cells
What is the small intestine responsible for?
Digests and absorbs the nutrients from food into the bloodstream for the body's use
Joints connect...
Bone to Bone
Red blood cells are formed where in the body?
Bone Marrow
Peripheral nerves are responsible for controlling what kind of body processes?
(Voluntary) like senses and movement
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and deliver it to the body and veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart from the body.
Autonomic nerves are in control of what body processes?
Involuntary
What is the digestive juice that helps to chemically break down food in the stomach?
Stomach Acid
White blood cells are a part of what system and mostly responsible for what?
They are part of the immune system and they help to fight off germs and infections