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100

This structure pumps blood through the body

Heart

100

This structure contracts to move bones

Muscle

100

This system provides shape and support and protects tissues and organs.

Skeletal System

100

This system works with the respiratory system to deliver Oxygen to the cells and remove Carbon Dioxide waste from the cells.

Circulatory

100
This term describes a stable internal environment

Homeostasis

200

This structure filters urea from the blood and makes urine

Kidney

200
This organ acts as barrier between the internal structures and the external environment

Skin

200

Hormones are produced in this system

Endocrine

200

This system sends signals to the endocrine system to release hormones

Nervous

200

This level of organization is represented by the entire skeleton of a snake.

Organ System

300

This structure absorbs water in the digestive tract, leaving solid waste behind

Large intestine

300

This type neurons sends messages from the brain to the rest of the body

Motor neuron

300

This system's primary job is to remove waste from the body

Excretory

300

This system works most directly with the skeletal system for movement

Muscular

300

The goal of this type of feedback is to return the internal environment to a set point.

Negative Feedback

400

This structure makes blood cells

Bone

400

This type of skeleton is located on the outside of the body

Exoskeleton

400

Free points!

Yay!

400
Free Points!

Yay!

400

This type of symmetry is organized around a central axis.  For example, an animal that is cut like a pizza will have the same structures in every section. 

Radial

500

This structure in the lungs has a large amount of capillaries surrounding it and is the site of diffusion of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide between the respiratory and circulatory systems.

Alveoli

500

These two types of muscle are involuntary

Smooth and Cardiac

500

When a person’s arm touches something hot, the muscles in the arm react to pull the arm away. Which body system sends the message and alerts the muscles to react?

Nervous

500
These three systems make white blood cells, transport white blood cells, and store white blood cells.

Skeletal, Circulatory, and Lymphatic

500

Cells become committed to developing into only one type of cell during this step of cell specialization

Determination