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Human Body Unit 4

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  • How do bones relate to the circulatory system? (other than protection)
    blood cell formation inside bone marrow
  • Immune response cells?
    white blood cells (WBC's)
  • What is the excretory function of the respiratory/circulatory system?
    exhale/release carbon dioxide; get rid of CO2
  • This gas is taken in (inhale) from the air around us to sustain life?
    oxygen (O2)
  • If you have a virus, which main body system is at work to get you feeling better?
    immune/lymphatic
  • What body system delivers oxygen to the body?
    circulatory delivers, respiratory bring in
  • What is the order of body organization from smallest to largest?
    cells, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
  • Which 3 body systems work together to move and control the body?
    skeletal, muscular, nervous
  • What is homeostasis?
    ability to maintain a stable internal environment
  • Digestive organ that acts like kitchen blender?
    stomach
  • After blood moves through the body and returns to the heart, it need to go through which organ?
    lungs
  • Carries food to the stomach?
    esophagus (food tube)
  • What do the kidneys do for the body as part of the urinary system?
    filter the blood
  • How can sweat cool the body?
    regulate body temperature by cooling down the person through evaporation; cools the blood
  • Which body system is hard at work during extreme exercise to feed the body cells oxygen?
    circulatory
  • How does the muscular system help the respiratory system?
    diaphragm muscles under ribs help you breathe; protect lungs with rib cage
  • This body system sends out chemical messengers called hormones to mature the body for reproductive purposes.
    endocrine
  • What are the main organs of the circulatory system?
    heart, blood, blood vessels (artery, vein, capillary)
  • These 2 body systems work together to supply the body with oxygen for all the cells.
    respiratory and circulatory
  • How does the digestive and excretory system work together?
    digestive gets rid of solid waste through the anus which is an excretory function (getting rid of waste from the body)
  • What path does air take into the body (respiratory path in order)?
    nose/mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, bronchioles, alveoli
  • Which 2 organs supply the body with oxygen and transport it?
    heart and lungs
  • What are the 2 main functions of the skeletal system?
    protect and support
  • This body system controls the bodies responses to the environment.
    nervous
  • What is the name of the longest bone in the body?
    femur
  • Largest organ (cells) in the body?
    skin
  • Gas exchange...what body system?
    respiratory
  • Which two body systems work together for the arm to bend?
    skeletal and muscular
  • What blood vessels are very thin or gas exchange because they are wrapped around the alveoli?
    capillaries
  • Each body system has its own way of getting rid of waste products from the body. What is this process called?
    Excretory
  • First line of defense?
    skin