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Body Systems Test
review of: circulatory, respiratory, lymphatic, digestive, excretory & nervous
Question | Answer |
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The Nervous system | gathers and responds to information |
The skeletal system | protects organs and tissues |
The muscular system | allows the body to move |
The respiratory system | allows for the exchange of oxygen and carbondioxide |
the circulatory system | delivers nutrients and other essential materials like oxygen to the cells and removes waste products |
the digestive system | breaks down food into nutrients that can be used by the cells of the body |
excretory system | processes and eliminates wastes from the body |
respiration | takes place in the lungs and the process of is obtaining oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide |
lymphatic system | body's immune system also returns body fluid (lymph) to the bloodstream |
Provides support for the body and protects internal organs | Skeletal System |
Makes blood cells | Skeletal System |
Stores Vitamin D | Skeletal System |
Assists with movement | Skeletal System |
Pumps blood through the body | Muscular System |
Enables you to breathe | Muscular System |
Holds you up and allows you to move | Muscular System |
Exchanges Carbon Dioxide for Oxygen | Respiratory System |
Delivers oxygen to cells | circulatory system |
delivers nutrients to the cells of the body | circulatory system |
carries wastes from the cells of the body to the excretory organs | circulatory system |
Returns excess fluid to the blood | lymphatic system |
recognizes and attacks foreign substances in the body | Immune system |
Provides external protection against pathogens such as germs, viruses and bacteria | Integumentary system |
Eliminates waste via sweating | Integumentary System |
Helps to regulate temperature by sweating | Integumentary System |
Uses chemicals called hormones to control body systems | Endocrine system |
Chemicals called hormones that lead to puberty | Endocrine System |
Eliminates liquid wastes from the body | Excretory system |
Eliminates solid wastes from the body | Digestive System |
Filters and cleans toxins from the blood | Excretory system |
Breaks down food into usable nutrients | Digestive system |
Controls the entire body and all of the body systems | Nervous system |
Responsible for your senses (touch, sight, smell, taste, hearing) | Nervous System |
Allows you to pass on your genetic information to the next generation. | reproductive system |
Uses electrical impulses sent along nerves to respond to stimuli | Nervous system |