Digestive
The job of the digestive system
To take in and break down food for use by the body.
The job of the respiratory system
Gas exchange between the external environment and the body's circulatory system
The job of the skeletal system
Support and give shape to the body
The job of the circulatory system
to pump blood from the heart to the lungs to get oxygen
The organ system that allows movement
Muscular system
A long tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach
Esophagus
The two major organs of the respiratory system where the gas exchange takes place and carbon dioxide is given off, and oxygen is taken in
The lungs
The place where two or more bones meet
Joint
The structure that prevents the backward flow of blood
Valves
The organ system that protects the internal organs
Skeletal system
This organ stores swallowed food and liquid, mixes up digestive juices with the food and liquid, and sends it to the small intestine
The Stomach
These carry air into the lungs
Bronchi and bronchiole tubes
These connect bones to muscles
Ligaments
The name for the upper chambers of the heart
Atrium
The ovaries are part of the
Reproductive System
The place where digested molecules of food, water, and minerals are absorbed
Small Intestine
A large muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and helps with breathing
Diaphram
The number of bones in the human skeleton
206
The name of the liqid part of blood
Plasma
The circulatory system's job is to...
Transport nutrients and oxygen
Tiny fingerlike projections in the small intestine
Villi
Lymph tissue and lymph nodes that protect the body from infection
Adenoids and tonsils
The part of the bone where blood cells are made
Marrow
The substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen
Hemoglobin
The system that produces and regulates horomones
Endocrine system