What bones protect the brain?
What is the SKULL?
The respiratory system helps us breathe. What does it: 1) give to the body and 2) what does it get rid of?
1) Gives the body oxygen and
2)gets rid of carbon dioxide (waste)
What is the main function (or job) of the circulatory system?
To send oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body through the bloodstream. Also, it helps the body to get rid of waste (carbon dioxide)
What are the parts of the central nervous system?
The brain & spinal cord
The digestive systems turns what into what for our bodies?
Turns food into energy
What are the 2 primary functions of the muscular system?
Movement and strength
What are the four main parts of the respiratory system?
Nose, Trachea, Lungs, and the diaphragm
What are the three main parts of the circulatory system? (One is liquid)
The heart, blood, and blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries).
What organ is the control center (command center) for the body?
The Brain
What are 5 main parts of the digestive system?
Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, and Large Intestine.
What are 2 main functions of the skeletal system.
protection
structure
support
makes blood, stores minerals
What muscle under the lungs helps the lungs to inhale and exhale?
The diaphragm. When the diaphragm contracts you breathe in and when it relaxes you breathe out.
1. Vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
2. Vessel that carries blood toward the heart?
1. Arteries
2. Veins
What is a nerve cell called?
What are the 3 types of nerve cells?
Neuron
Sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron
Which part of the digestive system absorbs nutrients from food?
The small intestines
What is the hardest working muscle in the human body?
What is the HEART?
Which system does the respiratory work with to transport oxygen to all parts of the body?
The Circulatory system. The oxygen travels through the blood stream.
What system does the circulatory system work with to send oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body?
The respiratory system
How do messages get to and from the brain to all parts of the body
The Nerves
What is inside your stomach that helps to break down food and separates the nutrients inside of food?
Stomach Acid
When the muscular and skeletal system work together, what can they help a human do?
walk
move
etc.
After we breathe in oxygen to our lungs, where does the oxygen go before it is sent to all parts of the body?
Oxygen is sent to the heart then it is transported to all parts of the body through the blood stream.
What part of our blood helps fight diseases and infections?
White blood cells
What body system does the nervous system control?
All of them
Skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive, etc...
What part of the digestive system takes water out of food and eliminates waste?
Large intestine (colon)