Breathe Easy!
The act of breathing starts here.
What is the nose or mouth?
The 3 main parts of the nervous system.
What are the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
The process of digesting food starts here.
What is the mouth?
The heart is divided into this many chambers.
What is 4?
These type of blood vessels pump blood AWAY from the heart.
What are arteries?
This is also known as the wind pipe.
What is the trachea?
This receives and relays information from the face, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue.
What is the brain stem?
Saliva is produced by these glands.
What are salivary?
The place where oxygen RICH blood enters the heart.
What is the left atrium?
Breathing begins when this large muscle contracts.
What is the diaphragm?
Air enters these after traveling through the trachea.
What are the bronchial tubes.
Nerves are made up of millions of these types of cells.
What are neurons?
This is where food is churned and broken down by acids
What is the stomach?
Blood is pumped through this artery to the capillaries of the lung where CO2 is exchanged for oxygen.
What is the pulmonary artery?
This part of the brain coordinates movement and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
These are tiny sacs at the end of the bronchioles.
What are alveoli?
These are the long "trunks" that extend off off the neuron.
What are axons?
This is where nutrients are extracted from the food and absorbed into the blood stream.
What is the small intestine?
Veins pump oxygen POOR blood into this chamber.
What is the right atrium?
This type of nerve is located in the eyes, ears, nose, and skin.
What are sensory nerves?
Tiny one-celled thick blood vessels where the exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen occurs.
What are the capillaries?
Messages are passed between dendrites and axons through these.
What are synapses?
This is where bile, made by the liver, is stored.
What is the gall bladder?
This is the largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
The nerve that carries instructions to the muscles.
What is a motor nerve?