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Body systems
Cognitive Content
Question | Answer |
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System (inside system) | Groups of organs that work together |
Cell (holds blood) | Smallest working part of your body |
Tissue (skin) | A group of cells that work together to do a job in the body |
Organs | groups of the tissue that work together to perform a certain job (ex. Heart, stomach, lungs, brain, etc. |
skull (brain protector) | Bones that protects your brain |
Spine | Backbone; made up of small bones that protect your spinal cord |
Muscle | An organ that contracts and relaxes to produce movement |
Esophagus | Tube-like organ that pushes food from your mouth to your stomach |
Stomach | an organ that breaks down and mixes digestive juices with food |
Small Intestine | A tube-like organ just below the stomach; food passes from the stomach to the SI; nutrients are absorbed here |
Large Intestine | The last organ on the digestive system; removes water to form solid waste |
Trachea | An organ that carries air into the lungs |
Bronchi | The 2 tubes that carry air from the trachea to the lungs |
Lungs | Organs that allow oxygen to pass into your body |
Diaphragm | Muscle beneath your lungs that helps move air into and out of the lungs |
Heart | The organ that pumps blood through the body |
Arteries | Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
Capillaries | Tiny blood vessels that deliver blood to the tissues |
Veins | Blood vessels that carry blood toward (back to the heart) |
Brain | Organ that is the control center of the body |
Nerves | An organ in the nervous system that carries messages to and from the brain |