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8 Cards in this Set
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The function of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM is to.... |
Break down our food so that we can absorb (take in) the nutrients |
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The function of the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM is to.... |
Circulate blood around the entire body; delivering nutrients and oxygen AND carrying away waste products |
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The function of the GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM is to ... |
Get oxygen into the blood for our cells, and carbon dioxide out of the blood |
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The function of something is its.... |
Job or purpose; what it is for |
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Some organs or body parts are involved in more than one ORGAN SYSTEM. Which of the following are involved in BOTH the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM and the GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM? |
the mouth |
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I am an organ system.Food enters me at the mouth and is chewed by the teeth; in the stomach acid breaks down the food further; many more organs process the food ensuring that nutrients from it are passed into the blood. |
digestive system |
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I am an organ system.Smoking can damage my delicate balloon-like alveoli (air sacs),filling them with tar.The less alveoli are working, the less air I can take in. The less air I can take in, the less oxygen gets to the blood for use by the cells of the body. |
gas exchange system |
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the organ that pumps the blood around the body in the circulatory system is the ____________ |
heart |
