Skeletal System
This is the scientific name for your thigh bone, the longest bone in the body.
Femur
What is the muscle located in your upper arm and help bend your arm
Biceps Brachii
Where does gas exchange occur (name the organ)?
Lungs
What organ pumps blood throughout the body
The heart
What system gives the body structure and support?
Skeletal System
These bones protect your heart and lungs
Ribs
What is the muscle group at the front of your thigh
Quadriceps
What is the sheet like muscle below the lungs that helps with breathing?
The diaphragm
What blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries
Involuntary Muscles
What is the part of a long bone that makes blood cells
Bone Marrow
What muscles are responsible for voluntary movement?
Skeletal muscles
What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called? This is where oxygen enters the blood stream
Alveoli
The top chambers of the heart are called this?
Atria
During exercise, what system is responsible for increasing breathing rate?
Respiratory system
These joints allow movement in one direction only, like the elbow and knee
Hinge joints
What type of contraction occurs when a muscle shortens while producing force?
Concentric
What is the scientific term for the windpipe?
Trachea
What type of blood cells carry oxygen
Red Blood Cells
Calcium
What type of joint allows the greatest range of movement and is found at the hip and shoulder
Ball and socket joint
What is the large back muscle involved in pulling actions such as chin ups
Latissimus Dorsi
Name the next two structures as the air passes through the trachea on the way to the lungs
Bronchii, Bronchioles
This term describes the number of times your heart beats per minute
Heart rate
What are the two systems that work together to deliver oxygen to working muscles and remove carbon dioxide during exercise
Respiratory and circulatory systems