Functions
What is the function of the heart?
What is to pump blood containing nutrients, oxygen, water, and other chemicals throughout the body and pick up waste products for excretion?
This organ is the site of carbohydrate and protein digestion.
What system moves things away from homeostasis by creating more of a chemical or a higher rate of reaction?
What is a positive feed back loop?
Which system contains the pancreas, liver and gallbladder?
What is the digestive system?
What is the name of the hormone that regulates hunger and what organ produces it?
What is ghrelin?
This system removes excess water and metabolic waste from the blood and it is expelled as urine.
What is the excretory or urinary system?
This organ plays a role in water balance, salt balance, and blood pressure.
What are the kidneys?
What systems help maintain homeostasis by maintaining blood sugar levels?
What are the digestive, nervous and endocrine systems?
Which system is responsible for the exchange of gases?
What is the respiratory system?
What is a negative feedback loop?
This system is involved in positive and negative feedback loops. It uses hormones to fine-tune body function and maintain homeostasis.
What is the endocrine system?
This organ provides support and protection. It also plays a role in the production of immune and red blood cells.
What are bones?
What systems maintain homeostasis by managing blood volume and pressure? There are 4.
What are the endocrine, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems?
Which system contains the central and peripheral parts?
What is the nervous system?
This organ is made up of the Epidermis, the dermis and the hypodermis.
What is the integumentary system?
What is the nervous and integumentary system?
This organ filters all blood removing toxins. It also stores a supply of glycogen.
What is the liver?
What are the endocrine and excretory systems?
What organ system plays a role in growth, reproduction and puberty?
What is the endocrine system?
System where you would find the apocrine and eccrine glands. Bonus 50 points if can name the type of glands and how they contribute to homeostasis.
What is the integumentary system?
They are sweat glands that help maintain temperature.
What are the digestive and endocrine systems?
This organ is responsible for the coordination of responses through electric signals passed from cell to cell.
Which systems maintain homeostasis through protection from bacteria and viruses?
What are the immune system and lymphatic system?
If a child is in isolation he or she may not learn to speak. What system is affected?
5 specific functions of the brain besides reasoning?
What are
process vision
process speaking
process pain, pressure sensation
process task
process smell
process soundwaves