Human Body Systems Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Provides _________ to the body | Support |
_______ Internal organs | Protects |
Works with the ________ system to move the body | Muscular |
______ Red blood cells | Produces |
_______ calcium, fat and other minerals | Stores |
What is the outermost covering? | The periosteum |
What is the dense tissue? | Compact bone |
What is the softer part on the bone? | Spongy bone |
Where are blood cells made? | Bone marrow |
What is a joint? | Where 2 or more bones meet |
What connects bones to other bones to provide support? | Ligaments |
What connects muscles to bones? | Tendons |
What is found between two bones? | Cartilage |
What does cartilage do? | It serves as a cushion and a shock absorber |
What is the main function of the muscular system? | To assist the skeletal system in moving the body. |
What muscles are found in our internal organs? | Smooth Muscles |
Are smooth muscles voluntary or involuntary? | Involuntary |
What muscles are mostly attached to the skeleton? | Skeletal Muscles |
Are skeletal muscles voluntary or involuntary? | Voluntary |
What muscles are found in the heart? | Cardiac Muscles |
Are cardiac muscles voluntary or in voluntary? | Involuntary |
What is the function of the endocrine system? | The endocrine system’s function is to regulate the body and its functions. |
What is a hormone? | Chemical produced by glands that regulate and control our body systems |
How is the endocrine system different from the nervous system? | Nervous - faster messages. Sent from neuron to neuron across synapses Endocrine - slower messages, but the effects last longer. Glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream. |
What is the difference between an endocrine (hormone) gland and a salivary, sweat, or oil gland? | Endocrine glands produce hormones to be used as chemical messengers in the body; the other glands produce oils,water and/or saliva- which are not hormones. |
Pituitary | “Master Gland” regulates growth and reproduction |
Thyroid | regulates metabolic rate |
Adrenal | produces adrenaline and helps with emotional stress |
Testes | produces testosterone |
Ovaries | produces estrogen and progesterone |
What is the main function of the digestive system? | To breakdown food to be used as fuel for energy by the body |
Name, in order, the organs through which food passes as it moves through the digestive tract: | a.MOUTH b. ESOPHAGUS c.STOMACH d. SMALL INTESTINE e. LARGE INTESTINE f. RECTUM g. ANUS |
Explain why your stomach lining is not digested by the acid in the stomach. | THE LINING OF THE STOMACH IS COVERED WITH MUCUS |
What substance is made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder? | BILE IS MADE BY THE LIVER AND STORED IN THE GALL BLADDER |
What is the function of this substance? | BILE BREAKS DOWN FATS |
What do the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder have in common? | They are accessory organs - they assist in digestion, but food does not pass through them. |
What is chyme and where is it produced? | Chyme is a soup like liquid (digestive juices) made in the stomach. |
What is the difference between mechanical and chemical digestion? | MECHANICAL DIGESTION IS PHYSICALLY TEARING OR SHREDDING FOOD IN SMALLER PIECES. CHEMICAL USES CHEMICALS TO BREAK DOWN THE MATERIAL INTO A DIFFERENT SUBSTANCE. |
What is the function of the small intestine? | TO ABSORB NUTRIENTS INTO THE BLOODSTREAM BY DIFFUSION |
What is the function of the large intestine? | to absorb water and minerals |
If the small intestine is longer than the large intestine why are the names not switched? | The small intestine is named because of its size around, not because of its length. The small intestine is 2.5 cm wide, while the large intestine is 6 cm wide. |
What is the difference between involuntary and voluntary muscles? | Voluntary = you can control, Involuntary = you cannot control |
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