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Chapter 2
The Body
Question | Answer |
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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 |