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animal struc/func
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the study of the form of an animals structure? | Anatomy |
| What is the study of the function of the structures of an animal's anatomy? | physiology |
| What is an integrated group of similar cells that perform a common function. | Tissue |
| what is made up of two or more types of tissues that together perform a specific task? | Organ |
| What consists of multiple organs that together perform a vital body function. | Organ system |
| What are the four major categories of tissue found in animals? | 1.epithelial 2.connective 3.muscle 4.nervous |
| What type of tissue covers the body and lines its organs and cavities. | Epithelial |
| What type of tissue binds and supports other tissues | Connective |
| What type of tissue functions in movement | Muscle |
| What type of tissue forms a communication network? | Nervous |
| How many organ systems are in the human body? | 11 |
| What is the function of the endocrine system? | controls body functions |
| What is the function of the skeletal and muscular systems? | they support and move the body |
| What is the function of the circulatory system? | Transports food and oxygen |
| What is the function of the respiratory system? | absorbs food and oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. |
| what is the function of the integumentary system? | covers and protects the body. |
| What is the function of the excretory system? | disposes of certain wastes |
| what is the function of the lymphatic and immune system? | protects the body from infection and cancer |
| what is the function of the reproductive system? | perpetuates the species |
| what is the function of the digestive system? | absorbs food |
| what is the function of the nervous system? | controls body functions |