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27 Cards in this Set
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You have caught an infectious disease. Which systems will best work together to make you well? |
circulatory and immune (lymphatic) |
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Blood platelets are an important component of your blood. The purpose of the platelets is to |
help in blood clotting |
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Which systems are involved in throwing a ball? |
skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems |
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Which system is responsible for transporting nutrients and oxygen and removing wastes and carbon dioxide? |
circulatory |
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What type of muscle is found in the heart? |
cardiac muscle |
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Which body part comes in pairs (two of the same body part)? |
kidney |
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What is the main respiratory muscle that allows us to inhale and exhale? |
diaphragm |
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Which body system is primarily responsible for removing liquid wastes from the blood? |
excretory |
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Which body system is MOST affected during aerobic exercise such as running or swimming? |
circulatory system |
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This organ works to carry messages to and from the brain to the rest of the body. |
spinal cord |
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Which system breaks down food into small nutrient molecules where it can be absorbed into the blood? |
digestive |
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The long smooth muscle tube that brings food from the mouth to the stomach is called the |
esophagus |
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Which body system helps to protect the body's organs, such as the brain and heart, from injury? |
skeletal |
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Dominique has a stuffy nose, has trouble breathing, and coughs a lot. Which of her body systems is being affected? |
respiratory |
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What do the stomach, a blood vessel and the urinary bladder have in common? |
They are all smooth muscle that contract involuntarily. |
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If you were to stretch out your entire digestive system, how long would it be? |
about 9 meters |
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Where in the digestive system are food nutrients picked up by the blood to be taken to all the body cells?
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Small Intestine |
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In which organ does NO digestion occur in the digestive system? |
Esophagus |
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Why does a person with leukemia (a cancer involving the white blood cells) sometime need a bone marrow transplant? |
New bone marrow will begin making healthy white blood cells for their body. |
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Which of these is NOT a type of muscle tissue? |
Rough |
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The white, smooth covering over the ends of bones that help reduce friction in the joints is |
cartilage |
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White blood cells are part of the circulatory system. What other system are they a part of? |
Immune/Lymphatic |
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How do nutrients from your digested food travel throughout the body to get to the body's cells? |
through the blood |
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Where does the exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) and food nutrients occur? |
capillaries |
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After the oxygen poor blood (blue) enters the right side of the heart, where does it travel? |
to the lungs to pick up a fresh supply of oxygen |
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When a human exercises, sweat often forms on the skin. Sweating is an example of the human body's ability to |
respond to a change in the environment to maintain homeostasis |
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The respiratory system depends on the nervous system for signals to |
coordinate muscles controlling breathing. |
