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Body Systems

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  • Which gland responds to physical and emotional stress during fight or flight response? CHOICES: ADRENAL, PITUITARY, PANCREAS, HYPOTHALAMUS
    ADRENAL
  • The circulatory system requires the intervention of another body system to help regulate and deliver blood. Which other system helps deliver blood?
    Muscular system-contraction of cardiovascular muscles (heart)
  • What is the outermost layer of the skin called? CHOICES: HYPODERMIS, SUBCUTANEOUS, EPIDERMIS, DERMIS
    EPIDERMIS
  • The three major types of muscles in the body are: SKELETAL MUSCLE, SMOOTH MUSCLE, AND _________________ MUSCLE
    CARDIAC
  • The respiratory system is made up of the trachea, the lungs, and the ─
    Diaphragm
  • A ________ is a group of 2 or more organs working together to keep an organism alive.
    Organ System/Body System
  • Water, salts, and urea are removed from the body by the ________________ system?
    Excretory system
  • What is next in the levels of organization: Organism->Organ system->organ->______________
    Tissue
  • What is the name of the tiny air sacs in your lungs? CHOICES: BRONCHIOLES, TRACHEA, ALVEOLI, PHARYNX
    ALVEOLI
  • Which of the following is not part of the circulatory system? COICES: ARTERIES, LUNGS, HEART, VEINS
    LUNGS
  • What is the place where two or more bones meet called? CHOICES: MUSCLE, LIGAMENT, JOINT, ORGAN
    JOINT
  • What are the 3 main parts of the nervous system?
    BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, AND NERVES
  • Which is NOT a function of the skeletal system? CHOICES: PROVIDE SHAPE, PROTECTION OF MAJOR ORGANS, PROVIDE SUPPORT, TRANSPORT BLOOD
    TRANSPORT BLOOD
  • What type of muscle is the organ that pumps blood throughout your body made of?
    CARDIAC (it's the heart)
  • Which gland controls metabolism-the rate at which the body produces energy from nutrients? CHOICES: PANCREAS, THYROID, ADRENAL, PITUITARY
    THYROID
  • How does the muscular system help the circulatory system deliver blood?
    contraction of the cardiac muscle (heart) is what pumps/moves the blood
  • What body system removes waste from your body?
    Excretory system
  • Veins and arteries are important to the circulatory system. What is the difference between the two?
    Arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry the blood back to the heart.
  • The reproductive system does what? CHOICES: TRANSPORTS NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN TO BODY CELLS, EXCHANGES GASES IN THE LUNGS, PRODUCES NEW INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME TYPE, FILETERS BLOOD
    PRODUCES NEW INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME TYPE
  • Which is not a function of the skin? CHOICES: PROTECTION, VITAMIN B SYNTHESIS, TEMPERATURE REGULATION, SENSATION
    VITAMIN B SYNTHESIS (it should be vitamin D)