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What does the digestive system break down?
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Proteins and Starch
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The blood receives much of the food which is dissolved in the ___________
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small intestine
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Where does digestion begin?
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Mouth
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The colon is also called:
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The Large Intestine
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What circulates nutrients throughout the body (like a conveyor belt)?
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The blood. Think of the blood as a conveyor belt at a grocery store that moves (or circulates) the nutrients (food) along.
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What is the aorta?
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The large artery leaving the heart
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True or False? A lack of iron in the blood is called reynauds
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False, its anemia
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Type O blood can be given to who?
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Anyone
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What is carbon dioxide?
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A waste product carried by the blood back to the heart.
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How does the air we breathe enter the lungs?
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Through the windpipe or trachea (think AIR goes in the WINDpipe)
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What do the kidneys do?
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Filter the blood
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What do you need along with vitamins and exercise to develop strong muscles?
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Protein.
(Think "pro teams" have strong muscles!" |
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Muscles which are made of numerous fibers are called what?
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Striated
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What is called the cardiac muscle?
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The heart
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What is the upper bone of the arm called?
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The humerus (although it wasn't humorous when you broke yours!)
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What is the patella?
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The knee cap
(I'm gonna tella you a story about a guy named Pat...who wore a cap on his knee) |
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What is cartilage?
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Tissue that lines moveable joints.
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What system are teeth a part of?
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The digestive system
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Gastric juice is in the beverage aisle at Save A Lot, true or false?
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False. It's produced by the stomach
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True or false: All useful foods and nutrients are digested prior to entering the large intestine.
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False
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True or false: Some important minerals are stored in the bones
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True
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True or False: When food leaves the stomach, it is completely digested.
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False. It is partly digested
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What system removes unwanted products of body cells?
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The excretory system
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What is an average pulse rate for a human?
60 72 88 98 |
72
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Most blood cells are:
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Red
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What is responsible for producing red and white blood cells?
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Bone marrow
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