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Chapter 2
The Body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The materials that carries nutrients and oxygen to all the body’s cell is | blood |
| A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is a/an | artery |
| Food stays for 12 to 36 hours in an organ called the | stomach |
| A tiny blood vessel that connects arteries and veins is a | capillary |
| Three kinds of muscle makes up the | muscular system |
| The tube through which food passes into the stomach is | esophagus |
| The transportation of oxygen, nutrients water and wastes is the job of the organs of the | circuloratory system |
| Most digestion takes place in a long coiled organ called | small intestine |
| The muscular pump that pushes bloods through the body is called the | heart |
| The muscular organ that mixes, stores food and turns it into a soupy mix is the | stomach |
| An _________ carries blood to the heart. | vein |
| What percentage of people are overweight? | 31% |
| What percentage of kids are overweight? | 15% |
| The average American drinks how much soda? | 600 12oz. bottles |
| People should have how many servings of vegetables a day? | 5 |
| Taking air into the body and pushes it out is the job of the ____________. | respiratory system |
| Food is broken down into nutrients that blood cells can use by the _________________. | digestive system |
| Which is not the part of the skeletal system? a. skull b. ribs c. biceps d. spine | c. biceps |
| tiny folds in the small intestine that help nutrients pass into the blood. | Villi |
| the control center of the nervous system | Brain |
| bundles of nerves that connects your brain with nerves through out your body | Spinal Cord |
| The __________carries blood to the heart. | veins |
| The ________ pass oxygen to the cells. | capillaries |