A3 - Body Systems

Question 1

what carries out common metabolic processes & performs specific functions

Answer 1

the cell

Question 2

what is the cellular currency?

Answer 2

ATP

Question 3

what is needed to produce ATP?

Answer 3

oxygen and nutrients from food

Question 4

what are the 4 basic types of tissues?

Answer 4

epithelial, muscle , connective tissue, nerves

Question 5

define an organ

Answer 5

a group of tissues acting together to carry out specific function(s)

Question 6

define a system

Answer 6

collection of organs carrying out related functions which work together to achieve a specific goal

Question 7

what stores nutrients, makes products from them or returns them to the body and can detoxify harmful substances?

Answer 7

liver

Question 8

what runs from the mouth to anus, involved in digestion?

Answer 8

gastrointestinal system

Question 9

what pumps blood away from the heart ?

Answer 9

arteries

Question 10

what pumps blood to the heart ?

Answer 10

veins

Question 11

what is the oxygenated side of the heart?

Answer 11

left

Question 12

what is the deoxygenated side of the heart?

Answer 12

right

Question 13

what are the tubes which connect the nose and mouth to the alveoli?

Answer 13

respiratory tree

Question 14

what are thin walled, covered in capillaries and found within the lungs?

Answer 14

alveoli

Question 15

white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets are part of what system?

Answer 15

haematological

Question 16

what binds with O2 and carries oxygen?

Answer 16

haemoglobin

Question 17

what is tissue fluid taken up by lymphatic vessels ?

Answer 17

lymph

Question 18

major lymphatic vessel where lymph is drained to in the route of the neck

Answer 18

thoracic duct

Question 19

what allows us to sense the environment (internal and external) and effect an appropriate response?

Answer 19

nervous system

Question 20

what makes up the CNS?

Answer 20

brain and spinal cord

Question 21

What makes up the PNS?

Answer 21

neural structures other than the brain or the spinal cord

Question 22

what system secretes hormones directly into capillary blood?

Answer 22

endocrine system

Question 23

what does the musculoskeletal system allow us to do?

Answer 23

helps to breath, locomotion, find and digest food, move and run away