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CHSderekHealth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The vessels that return blood to the heart | veins |
| The process in which your body breaks down the food you eat | digestion |
| A tissue that is made of liquid, cell parts, and two types of cells | blood |
| A group of organs that work together to remove a liquid wastes from the blood | Urinary System |
| The release of this waste from the body | excretion |
| The removal of liquid wastes from the body | urination |
| windpipe | trachea |
| Large cells that help you stay healthy by fighting infection and protecting the body from foreign particals | WBC or white blood cells |
| Flap or tissue cavers thee trachea(windpipe) | epiglottis |
| Transports oxygen and carbon dioxide through the body | RBC or red blood cells |
| Separates solid(rectum) and liquid waste(bladder) | large intestines |
| The waste products are mixed with excess water to form a liquid waste | urine |
| Large sponge like organs in which oxygen and carbon dioxide pass between the blood and the environment | lungs |
| Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart | arteries |
| Substances in food that your body needs to function properly | nutrients |
| Place to store solid waste until you defecate(poop) | rectum |
| Makes food moister so that you can swallow better | saliva |
| When the bladder is full, the waste leaves the body through a single tube like structure | urethra |
| Takes most of the nutrients out of the foods(digestion is complex in this process | small intestines |
| throat | pharynx |
| Nephrons remove the waste from the blood | filtration |
| A dome shaped muscle beneath lungs | diaphram |
| Tiny air sacs | alveoli |
| A muscular, bag like organ that stores the liquid waste until it can be released from the body | bladder |
| Carries gasses through the body | hemoglobin |
| Carries nutrients, hormones, and waste products from one part of the body to another | plasma |
| Cell fragments that help repair blood vessels and form blood clots | platelets |
| Where materials such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients and waste product enter and leave the blood stream | capillaries |
| Tube that allows air to enter the lungs | bronchi |
| The inner wall of the small intestine is covered by finger like projection | villi |
| The body system that brings oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide from the body | Respiratory System |
| A system made of three parts: your heart, blood vessels and blood | Circulatory System |
| Inside your kidneys are microscopic filters that remove harmful products from the blood | nephrons |
| the simplest unit of all livinbg things | cells |
| a group of similar cells that work together to preform a single function | tissue |
| two or more tissues that work together to preform a special function | organ |
| a group of organs that work together to complete a specific task in the body. | body system |
| the body system that gathers and integrates information about the body's internal and external environments and that responds to that information. | Nervous system |
| messages that carry infomation that helps the organs and body systems carry out their functions correctly | nerve impulses |
| the major organ of the nervous system that will ; the mass of the nervous tissue that is located inside the skull. | brain |
| the largest and most complex part of the brain and controls senses and memories. | cerebrum |
| the second largest part of your brain and controls muscle balance and posture | cerebellum |
| the part of your brain that connects to the spinal cord controls heart rate, breathing, blood pressure. | brain stem |
| a bundle of nervous tissue that is about a foot and a half long and is surrounded by the backbone | spinal cord |
| a bundle of cells that conducts electrical signals from one part to another | nerve |
| a network of tissues and organs that releases chemicals that controls certain body function | endocrine system |
| chemicals that travel in the blood that cause changes in certain parts of the body. | hormones |
| a tissue or group of tissues that makes and releases chemicals | gland |
| a living organ made of bone cells, connective tissues and minerals | bone |
| bone, cartilidge and the special structures that connect them. | skeletal system |
| the ends of many bones are covered by soft flexible tissue | cartilidge |
| a place in the body when two or more bones connect | joint |
| the bones in most joints are held together by flexible bands of connective tissue | ligaments |
| connected like a hinge of the door which allows movement back and forth in one direction | hinge joint |
| allows little or no movement such as in our skull | fixed joint |
| the end of one bone shaped like a ball and fits like a cup shape space of another bone and allows the bone to rotate in all directions | ball and socket joint |
| one bone in a pivot joint rotates around the axis of the other bone and joint | pivotal joint |
| when bones are moved out of place | dislocation |
| any tissue that is made of cells or fibers that contract and expand movement | muscle |
| makes of many of your internal organs including your stomach and intestines | smooth muscle |
| muscle found in the heart | cardiac muscle |
| the muscle attached to the bones | skeletal muscle |
| the muscle that move your body | muscular system |
| skeletal muscle is attached to bones by connective tissue | tendons |
| to straighten the arms, tricep muscles has to contract | extension |
| to bend the arm at the elbow the bicep muscle contracts | flexion |
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