What is the function of the digestive system?
The digestive system breaks down food and releases nutrients into the blood.
What is the function of the excretory system?
The excretory system eliminates waste and excess water from the body in the form of urine.
What is the function of the circulatory system?
the circulatory system transports nutrients and oxygen to our organs, bones, brain and muscles.
What is the function of the small intestine?
Absorbs all the nutrients and passes them into the blood.
Name the organ. People have a pair of them. They filter and remove waste products
The Kidneys!
I am one of the most important organs. I am the engine of our body. What am I?
The Heart
What is the name of the gas we exhale?
The gas we exhale is carbon dioxide
This organ turns liquid waste into solid waste.
Large intestine
What is the function of the bladder?
Stores urine, until you need to go to the bathroom.
What are the names of the upper chambers of the heart?
Atriums
What are the small air tubes inside the lungs called?
Bronchiole
Are gastric juices acidic?
Yes, they are! This helps your body absorb nutrients more easily
Name the organ. Urine travels down these two tubes.
Ureters!
What are the tubes called which circulates the blood around the body? (2 answers)
Veins and arteries
The Trachea divides into two...that connect it to the...? What are the missing words?
Bronchi and lungs
Explain the 6 step process in which food is digested.
1. Teeth chew food and mix it with saliva
2. The food goes down the oesophagus
3. The gastric juices in the stomach break down the food into smaller pieces
4. The small intestine absorbs the nutrients from the food and passes them into the blood.
5. The large intestine absorbs the water and the waste pastes through the colon
6. The waste is pushed out of the body
Name the four types of organs that make up the excretory system.
Kidneys, ureters, urethra and bladder
What does deoxygenated blood carry? and where does it flow towards?
Deoxygenated blood carries cardon dioxide and flows back towards the heart in the veins.
Oesophagus