RUGGIERO CH3-VOCAB Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
skeletal system | supports body and protects organs |
muscular system | allows body movements |
respiratory system | O2/CO2 exchange |
circulatory system | circulates blood, moving oxygen/nutrients |
excretory system | removes waste from body |
nervous system | controls your senses and and carries mesages |
digestive system | breaks down food into nutriments |
immune system | helps heal injuries and fight off diseases |
integumentary system | protects your body from injury or infection |
endocrine system | produces chemicals that regulate/control |
reproductive system | produces offspring |
digestion | breaks down food into smaller and simpler substances |
saliva | helps moisten and soften the bolus and to break it down chemically |
pharynx | connects the mouth to the digestive tube |
esophagus | contains muscles that contract and expand like rubber bands and helpsto push food down |
stomach | a digestive organ with thick muscular walls |
small intestine | a coiled, tubular organ that is connected to the stomach. |
large intestine | a thick, tubular organ that removes undigested waste |
inhale | to breath in |
lungs | the main organ of the Respiratory System |
exhale | to breath out |
diafragm | a flat muscle that controls breathing |
capillary | a tiny blood vessel |
alveoli | thin-walled air sacs within the lungs |
diffusion | the movement of particles from areas with high concentration to areas with low concentration |
heart | the muscular organ that pumps blood through the body |
artery | a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
vein | a blood vessel that transports blood back to the heart |
urinary system | the part of the excretory system that handles most of the liquids |
kidneys | a bean-shaped organ that filters waste out of the blood |
urine | a fluid consisting of body waste and excess water |
nephron | small individual filters within the kidneys |
bladder | an organ of the excretory system that temporarily stores urine |
urethra | a tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
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