The part of the body where food enters, and digestion begins and the fluid that allows digestion to begin
What is the mouth and saliva?
100
Muscles that cannot be controlled. Example: the heart, diaphragm
What are involuntary muscles
100
One of the most important parts of the circulatory system, because it is trough them that nutrients and oxygen are delivered
What are capillaries
100
Blood cells travel through the circulatory system suspended in this yellowish fluid that is 90% water and contains nutrients, hormones, waste products and proteins
What is plasma!
200
The bone located in the upper leg, connecting the hip to the knee.
What is the Femur
200
After traveling down the esophagus, food stops in the ___________ and is mixed with _________, a strong acid that continues the digestive process
What is the stomach and bile?
200
Striated muscles of arms, legs, head and torso, under voluntary control
What are skeletal muscles?
200
The tubes that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body and the tubes that carry de-oxygenated blood back to the lungs.
What are the arteries and veins?
200
The diagram that shows the portions of each food group, which should be eaten daily.
What is the food pyramid?
300
Rubbery material at the ends of bones that protect them from wearing out
What is cartilage?
300
Where you will find the solids remaining, after food nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream.
What is large intestine?
300
Non-Striated muscles of the blood vessels and other body systems like the digestive system, urinary system and respiratory system, under involuntary control
What are smooth muscles?
300
The four chambers of the heart
What are the right and left ventricles and the right and left atria (atriums)
300
Nutrients feed these microscopic building blocks of the body.
What are cells?
400
The tissue that connects bones to muscles
What are tendons?
400
To extract nutrients from food, and get rid of waste.
What is the purpose of the digestive system?
400
Three descriptors of muscle fibers
What are
1.long thin cells, packed tightly together,
2.woven like a braid,
3.able to contract and relax as needed,
4. filled with nerves that transmit information from brain to muscles
400
When oxygen is taken up by the bloodstream, locking onto a molecule called hemoglobin
What is the process of oxygenation?
400
Nose and nasal cavity, mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles, lungs, muscles of respiration
What are the major components of the respiratory system?
500
Produces red blood cells, some white cells, and platelets
What is red bone marrow
500
The total length of the small intestine.
What is 22 feet?
500
Connected to each other through special junctions, called gap junctions. These junctions allow_________ to contract together at the same time
What are cardiac muscle cells?
500
1.A short loop to the heart and lungs and back again
2.When blood is sent from the heart to all other parts of the body and back again
What are the pulmonary and systemic circulation systems?
500
Helps us smell, create sound, and allows gases to be exchanged in the body
What is are the main functions of the respiratory system?