Circulatory System
Name the three main parts that make up the circulatory system.
The three main parts are the heart, blood, and blood vessels
What is the main job of the respiratory system?
The main job is to bring oxygen into the body and take carbon dioxide out of the body.
What is the main job of the muscular system in the body?
Movement
What is the main job of the digestive system.
The main job is to break down food into small pieces so the body can absorb them for energy.
What is the main material that makes up the skeletal system?
The main material that makes up the skeletal system is bone.
Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart: an artery or a vein?
An artery carries blood away from the heart.
Name the main organ in the chest that are responsible for the gas exchange.
The lung(s)
What "cord" holds bones and muscles together?
Tendons
Digestion begins as soon as food enters your mouth, What two things in your mouth start the process of mechanical digestion and chemical digestion?
Teeth and Saliva
How many bones are in the average adult human skeleton?
206 bones
The human heart has four chambers. What is the name given to the two upper chambers, and what is the name given to the two lower chambers?
The top is called Atrium and the bottom is a Ventricle
What is the name of the tube that leads to the lungs?
The trachea
What are the three main muscles.
Cardiac, Skeletal, Smooth.
What is the name of the tube in your neck for food?
Esophagus
Name two of the main jobs that your bones do for your body.
Support and Protection
In the circulatory system, blood travels from the heart to the lungs and then to the rest of the body. What gas does the blood pick up in the lungs?
Oxygen
When air reaches the lungs, it enters tiny air sacs. What are these small sacs called?
Alveoli
What are voluntary muscles?
Muscles you can control when you think.
Most of the important nutrients, like sugar and protein, are absorbed into the blood in one specific place, which organ mainly absorbs the nutrients?
The Small intestine
Bones start out soft and bendy but become hard and rigid over time, What mineral is responsible for making bones hard and strong?
Calcium
What is the main difference between the job of the right side of the heart and the job of the left side of the heart.
The Right Side of the heart collects used blood and pumps it to the lungs to get fresh oxygen, and The Left Side of the heart collects the oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the entire rest of the body.
What is the muscle that allows you to inhale called?(Not Lungs)
Diaphragm
(2x Points, win and lose)What happens to your tricep and bicep when you straighten your arm?
the tricep contracts and the bicep relaxes.
Name one of the 2 main helper organs in the digestive system of digestive juices.
Pancreas or Liver
What is the job of bone marrow in the body?
to make new blood cells