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Circulatory, Digestive, Immune, Excretory & Respiratory Human Body Systems

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What is the smallest level of organization in a human?   Cell  
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What does a group of cells working together make up?   Tissue  
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What does a group of tissues working together make up?   Organ  
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What does a group of organs working together make up?   Organ System  
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What does a group of organ systems make up?   Organism  
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Circulatory, Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory & Immune are all examples of what?   Organ Systems  
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Muscle & Skin are an exmaples of what?   Tissue  
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Neuron (nerve), Sperm and Egg are all examples of what?   Cells  
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The heart, lungs, kidneys & bladder are all examples of what?   Organs  
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Which human body system helps us to break down food into smaller pieces that can be used by the cells?   Digestive System  
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Which human body system helps us to remove wastes?   Excretory System  
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Which human body system helps us to transport needed materials to cells and wastes materials away from cells?   Circulatory System  
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Which human body system helps us to get the oxygen we need to make energy?   Respiratory System  
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Which human body system helps to protect us from diseases and infections?   Immune System  
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What are the 3 parts of the Circulatory System?   1. Blood 2. Blood Vessels 3. Heart  
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Which human body system is made up of the lungs, kidneys, bladder, and skin?   Excretory System  
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Which human body system is made up of the lungs, nose, diaphragm, trachea, and bronchi?   respiratory System  
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Which human body system is made up of the stomach, intestines, esophagus and rectum?   Digestive System  
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What is the name of the flap of tissue that stop food from going down the wrong pipe?   Epiglottis  
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Where in the lungs does gas exchange occur?   Alveoli (air sacs)  
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What is the name of the muscle that moves up and down to help us breathe in and out?   Diaphragm  
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Which way does our diaphragm move when we breathe IN?   DOWN  
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What do our lungs do when we breathe OUT?   deflate  
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What is the name of the process by which we breathe IN?   Inhale  
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What is the name of the process by which we breathe OUT?   Exhale  
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What is the name of the process by which we use oxygen to get energy from our food?   Respiration  
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Where is air warmed and moistened?   Nose  
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What do we call the tiny hair-like structures in our nose, trachea and bronchial tubes that help clean the air we breathe?   Cilia  
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What do we call the tiny finger-like structures in our small intestine that help us to absorb more nutrients from our food?   Villi  
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What is the name of the process by which muscular contractions push food down the digestive tract?   peristalsis  
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which digestive organ absorbs water from food into the blood stream?   Large Intestine  
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Which digestive organ absorbs nutrients from food into the blood stream?   Small Intestine  
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Which organ stores the solid wastes until they are removed?   Rectum  
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Which organ stores liquid wastes until they are removed?   Bladder  
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From where is carbon dioxide released?   Mouth  
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From where is urine released?   urethra  
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From where is feces released?   Anus  
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What type of digestion includes: teeth crushing food and the stomach mashing & churning food?   Mechanical  
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What type of digestion uses enzymes to break down food?   Chemical  
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Which blood vessel carries blood AWAY from to heart?   Artery  
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Which blood vessel carries blood back TO the heart?   Vein  
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Which type of blood vessel is very thin and allows for the absorption of gases and nutrients across its walls?   Capillaries  
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What is the liquid part of blood called?   plasma  
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What part of blood delivers needed materials to the cells and carries wastes away from cells?   Red Blood Cells  
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What part of blood protects us from pathogens (things that are bad for the body)?   White Blood Cells  
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What part of blood creates clots (or scabs)?   Platelets  
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What are the top chambers of the heart called?   Atria  
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What are the bottom chambers of the heart called?   Ventricles  
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What is the name of the muscle wall that seperates the heart?   Septum  
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What is the name of the largest artery of the body?   Aorta  
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What is the name of the trap doors in the heart that stop blood from moving baclwards?   Valves  
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What organs filter (or clean) the blood and create unrine?   Kidneys  
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What tubes connect the baldder to the kidneys?   Ureter Tubes  
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What waste is removed from the lungs?   Carbon Dioxide  
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What waste is removed from the skin?   Sweat (water, salts)  
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WHat is the name of the food pipe?   Esophagus  
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What do we call all of the unwanted bacteria, fungus or viruses that try to invade our bodies?   Pathogens  
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Chicken pox, the common cold & the flu are all examples of . . . . ?   Infectious Diseases (communicable)  
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What type of disease is caused by pathogens?   Infectious Disease  
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What type of diseases are caused by genetics (your DNA)?   Noninfectious  
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Which type of disease can not be spread from person to person through direct contact?   Noninfectios  
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Cancer, asthma and heart disease are examples of . . . . ?   Noninfectious Diseases  
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Where is oxygen poor blood pumped in order to get more oxygen?   Lungs  
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Where is oxygen rich blood pumped?   To the body cells  
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What is the name for the wind pipe?   Trachea  
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Which chambers of the heart fills up with blood that is returning from the body?   Atria  
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Which chambers of the heart pumps blood out to the body cells?   Ventricles  
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Where does digestion begin?   Mouth  
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Where does the most digestion take place?   Small intestine  
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What is the name of your food pipe that connects the mouth and the stomach?   esophagus  
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What is the name of the wind pipe that connects the nose/mouth to your lungs?   trachea  
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What is the name of the opening through which solid wastes exit the body?   Anus  
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What is the name of the opening through which liquid wastes exit the body?   urethra  
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Where are 3 digestive organs through which food does NOT pass?   LiverPancreasSalivary Glands  
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What is the job of the liver, pancreas, and salivary glands?   To create enzymes that help break down our food chemically  
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What is the esophagus (fod pipe) made up of?   Muscle  
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What is the trachea (wind pipe) made up of?   cartilage  
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