These specialized cells attack and destroy pathogens that enter the body.
What are white blood cells?
These organs filters and regulates waste products and water from the blood.
What are kidneys?
This substance in the mouth begins breaking down food and helps soften it for swallowing.
What is saliva?
These chemical messengers travel through the bloodstream to control body processes.
What are hormones?
The pupils in your eyes contract in light due to this body system.
What is the nervous system?
These proteins are produced by the immune system to recognize and fight specific pathogens.
What are antibodies?
This organ stores urine until it leaves the body.
What is the bladder?
Most nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream in this organ.
What is the small intestines?
Hormones move through the body using this body system.
What is the circulatory system?
Pulling your hand away quickly from a hot stove is an example of this automatic response.
What is a reflex?
The immune system is made of these three levels of organization working together to protect the body.
What are cells, tissues, and organs?
This liquid waste product leaves the body through this excretory organ.
What is the urethra?
This organ produces digestive enzymes and acid that break down food.
What is the stomach?
Endocrine glands release hormones directly into this fluid that travels through the body.
What is the blood?
Nerve cells that send electrical signals throughout the body are called these.
What are neurons?
When immune cells move through the body to find pathogens, they are being transported by this body system.
What is the circulatory system?
These tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What are ureters?
Water is absorbed and solid waste is formed in this part of the digestive system.
What is the large intestines?
Hormones help regulate body processes in order to maintain this stable internal condition.
What is homeostasis?
The immune system helps maintain this condition by protecting the body from infections.
What is homeostasis?
What is labeled in structure A?
What is the kidneys?
After nutrients are absorbed from the digestive system, they need to be carried to cells all over the body. What body system is responsible for transporting these nutrients, oxygen, and other substances to every cell?
What is the circulatory system? (bloodstream)
This hormone prepares the body for stress or “fight or flight.”
What is adrenaline?
This organ controls thoughts, memory, and many body functions.
What is the brain?