Muscles
Name any way to build strong and healthy muscles
Examples: get exercise, lift weights, eat healthy foods
Children should get 10 to 12 hours of this per day to help their body and mind stay healthy
Sleep
The name for the 33 bones that go down the middle of our back
spine
The liquid that the circulatory system moves through the body
blood
The organ in our head that controls most functions in our body
brain
Name an example of an involuntary muscle movement
Examples: breathing, pumping blood
Too much of this is not good for our teeth and not good for our health
sugar
The "cage" in your torso protecting your heart and other organs
rib cage or ribs
The organ that pumps blood
Heart
These things are all over our body and create our sense of touch, as well as pain
nerves
Biceps and triceps are located in this part of the body
Arm
Fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods have lots of these things, which have letters for names, which help keep us healthy
vitamins
The large part of your skeleton in your head surrounding your brain
skull
The type of air humans breathe that blood carries in our body
oxygen
The organ that moves air in and out of the body and gets oxygen into blood
lungs
This muscle pumps blood
heart
Meat, poultry, fish, beans, nuts, and dairy contain lots of this, which we need to build and maintain muscles.
protein
Name any animal that does not have a skeletal system
Example: slug
The name for the tubes that carry blood to the heart
veins
The organ that breaks down foods using acids and muscle movement
stomach
The largest muscle in our body is located here
Gluteus maximus / buttocks
Fried chicken is often less healthy than baked, boiled, or grilled chicken, because it contains a lot more of this.
fat
The name for where two bones meet and can bend and move
joint
The name for the tubes that carry blood away from the heart
arteries
Name for long tubes that finish digesting food and push out waste
intestines