Digestive System
Respiratory System
Terms and Definitions
Organs
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100
What is the function of the digestive system?
Breaks down the food you eat to give your body energy and get rid of waste.
100
I enter your blood with each breath of fresh air (page 8)
Oxygen
100
What system does this image show?
Respiratory System
100
What organ is this (page 4)?
Lungs
100
I'm the windpipe that brings fresh air to your lungs (page 8)
Trachea
200
Digestion is completed here. Nutrients are removed from food and enter the blood stream (page 3)
Small Intestine
200
What part of your body squeezes air out of your lungs when you breathe? (Page 8)
Diaphragm
200
The liquid that comes out of this starts changing starches into sugar while still in the mouth (page 3)
Salivary Glands
200
What organ is this (page 1)?
Stomach
200
Where on the body is the oral cavity located (page 4)?
On the head, in the mouth
300
Food is stored here for 3-4 hours while digestion is occuring (page 3)
Stomach
300
I'm your voice box (page 9)
Larynx
300
What system does this show?
Digestive System
300
What organ is this (page 1)?
Intestines
300
This part of the body filters, warms, and moistens air as it enters the body.
Nose
400
Food travels down this tube from the mouth to the stomach (page 2)
Esophagus
400
There are 600 million of these tiny air sacs in your lungs (page 8)
Alveoli
400
What system does the gall bladder belong to (Page 2)?
Digestive system
400
What part of the body is this (page 4)?
Trachea
400
The lungs and major organs of the body are protected by this (page 6).
Rib Cage
500
In your own words, what is the difference between the large and small intestines (page 3)
Small intestine - digestion is completed here and nutrients are removed
Large Intestine - solid material not used by the body is stored here for at least 24 hours. Water is removed.
500
What tubes branch to the left and right out of your windpipe into your lungs? (page 8)
Bronchial Tubes
500
Look at the chart on page 9 that we completed. In your own words, what does the word volume mean (remember Stacey's water bottle??)?
How full something is, how much of something is inside something else, how much air is in the lungs...
500
What part of the body is this (page 4)?
Larynx
500
This is the thin leaf-shaped valve above the larynx that closes off the passage to the lungs whenever you swallow (page 5)
Epiglottis