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Nervous
Digestive
Respiratory
Excretory
Circulatory System
100
The name for the part of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system
100
This is where food is absorbed into the circulatory system
What is the small intestine
100
The gas you breathe in and the gas you breathe out
What is oxygen and carbon dioxide
100
The organ that stores pee
What is the bladder
100
Blood vessels that leave your heart
What are arteries
200
This type of action is taken before the nerve signal travels to the brain
What is a reflex
200
The tube that connects your mouth to your stomach
What is the esophagus
200
The tube that branches off by the esophagus
What is the trachea
200
The organ that makes urine by filtering blood
What is the kidney
200
Tiny blood vessels where nutrients and gases are exchanged with body tissue
What are capillaries
300
These nerves receive information
What are sensory nerves
300
When food is broken into smaller pieces
What is mechanical digestion
300
Small balloon like structures where gas exchange occurs
What are the alveoli
300
Tubes that go from the kidney to the bladder
What are ureters
300
The number of chambers in the heart
What is 4
400
This is the largest part of your brain that controls things like judgement and creativity
What is the cerebrum
400
This is the name for the movement that forces food through the digestive system
What is peristalsis
400
The tubes that branch off into either lung from the trachea
What is bronchi (bronchus)
400
The tube by which urine exits the body
What is the urethra
400
The side of the heart that pumps to the body
What is the left side
500
Specialized cells in the nervous system
What is a neuron
500
The flap of skin that keeps food from going down the trachea
What is the epiglottis
500
The muscle that moves up and down to control your breathing
What is the diaphragm
500
The average maximum volume of a human bladder
What is 500 mL
500
Where would you find blood with oxygen in the circulatory system (2 places)
Between the lungs and the heart and leaving the left side of the heart