Organ Functions
What is the purpose of the lungs?
To move oxygen from the air into your blood and remove carbon dioxide.
What is the major organ responsible for protecting vital internal organs?
What is the most basic unit of life?
What is the organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?
The cardiovascular system.
What is one major life change that the Endocrine system is responsible for?
Puberty.
What is the purpose of the kidneys
To filter out waste from your blood.
What contracts to allow the body and its parts to move?
Muscles (skeletal muscle to be precise)
What is one of the major differences between plant and animal cells?
Plant cells have vacuoles, cell walls and chloroplasts.
Animal cells have vesicles.
What is the organ system responsible for producing and secreting hormones?
The Endocrine System.
What is the inside of bones filled with?
Bone marrow.
What is the purpose of the bladder?
To store urine until it can be excreted (go pee).
What organ is responsible for thinking, learning and memory?
The brain
What is the organelle responsible for controlling what goes in and out of the cell?
The cell membrane.
What is the organ system that is responsible for eliminating solid waste from the body?
The Digestive system.
Are babies born with more or less than 206 bones?
More bones, they have approximately 300.
What is the main function of the uterus?
To nourish the developing fetus before birth.
What organ is responsible for your voice?
The larynx contains your vocal cords.
What is the organelle that is responsible for storing the DNA within the cell?
The Nucleus.
What is the organ system responsible for providing defence against infection, disease and some cancers?
The Lymphatic System.
Name the organ that can regenerate its self.
Your Liver.
What is the purpose of smooth muscle?
smooth muscle involuntarily moves things throughout your body (like in the intestines)
What structure within the lungs is responsible for the exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)?
The alveoli.
What is the organelle that is responsible for photosynthesis and what colour is it?
Chloroplasts and it is green.
What is the organ system responsible for maintaining the body's temperature?
The Integumentary System
What is the name of Ms. Smith's cat?
Theo