Human Body - Vocabulary 10-14-12

Question 1

Organ

Answer 1

A group of tissues that work together to do a job in the body

Question 2

Respiratory system

Answer 2

The system in the body that lets in oxygen and lets out carbon dioxide

Question 3

Circulatory/cardiovascular system

Answer 3

The system that delivers what your cells need and picks up cell waste

Question 4

Diaphragm

Answer 4

The muscle that helps you breathe; You breathe in when it contracts and out when it relaxes

Question 5

Vein

Answer 5

In the circulatory system, a vessel that moves blood toward the heart

Question 6

Skeletal system

Answer 6

The system that provides support and protection to the body; It also makes blood cells

Question 7

Nutrients

Answer 7

The parts of food that your body needs for energy and health

Question 8

Small intestine

Answer 8

In the digestive system, food passes into it from the stomach and nutrients are absorbed by the blood here

Question 9

Trachea

Answer 9

In the respiratory system, its the tube between mouth/nose and the lungs

Question 10

Heart

Answer 10

In the ciruculatory system, it pumps blood to all parts of the body

Question 11

Nervous system

Answer 11

The system that controls everything in the body by sending signals through your body

Question 12

Large intestine

Answer 12

The final stop in the digestive system; waste is stored here

Question 13

Cell

Answer 13

The smallest building block of every living thing

Question 14

Esophagus

Answer 14

In the digestive system, it’s the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

Question 15

Brain

Answer 15

In the nervous system, it’s the control system for everything.

Question 16

Muscular system

Answer 16

The system that allows you to move by pulling on your bones

Question 17

Stomach

Answer 17

In the digestive system, it holds food for several hours and adds chemicals to break it down

Question 18

Oxygen

Answer 18

What your body breathes in; Every cell in you body needs it to burn energy

Question 19

Lungs

Answer 19

In the respiratory system, blood picks oxygen up and drops carbon dioxide off here

Question 20

Digestive system

Answer 20

The system that breaks food down into nutrients that can be absorbed.

Question 21

Carbon Dioxide

Answer 21

What you body breathes out, cells produce this as waste

Question 22

Tissue

Answer 22

A group of the same kind of cells

Question 23

Artery

Answer 23

In the circulatory system, a vessel that moves blood away from the heart

Question 24

Spinal cord

Answer 24

In the nervous system, the thick nerve that runs down the neck and back