Human Body System Study Guide - Part 1
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jailene_vanessa on March 31, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 homeostasis | The process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment is called |
| nervous tissue | Messages are carried back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body by |
| skeletal system | Which organ system makes blood cells? |
| muscle tissue | Which type of human body tissue can contract, or shorten? |
| the functions of the skeletal system | enables you to move, protects your organs, produces blood cells, and fores minerals and other until your body needs them |
| by making bones grow stronger and denser | How does exerise help main healthy bones? |
| cardiac muscle | Which type of muscle is found only in the heart? |
| skeletal muscle | Which type of muscle tires quickly during exercise? |
| while one muscle in the pair contracts, the other returns to its original length | How do pairs of skeletal muscle work together? |
| muscle cells can only contract. | Skeletal muscle must work in pairs because |
| The skin protects the body from | disease keeping disease-causing microorganisms from entering the body. |
| Nerves and blood vessel in the skin are located in the | dermis |
| vertebrae | The bones that form the backbone are called |
| exercise regularly and include calcium in your diet | What is the best way to prevent osteoporosis? |
| The pigment melanin in the skin functions to | help protect the skin from sunburn. |
| The functions of the digestive systems are | to break down food, absorb nutrients, and eliminate undigested wastes from the body. |
| villi | What structures enables the small intestine to absorb to large amounts of nutrients? |
| water is adsorbed from undigested food | Which process takes place in the large intestine? |
| food | The energy your body needs from |
| fider | What carbohydrate helps your digestive system function even though your body cannot digest it? |
| saliva | What substance in the mouth contains an enzyme that begins chemicals digestion? |
| peristalsis | What process involves muscle contraction that move food through the esophagus? |
| mucus | What substance coats and protects the inside of the stomach? |
| small intestine | In what part of the body does most chemicals digestion take place? |
| digestion | The process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules is called |
| bile | The liver produces |
| water | Which nutrients is needed in order for all body processes to take place? |
| the functions of the cardiovascular system include: | transporting cells that attack disease- causing microorganisms; carrying oxygen, glucose, and other needed materials to cells; carrying watse products away from cells |
| blood | Needed substance are carried to the body cells by |
| the functions of the atria is | to receive blood that comes into the heart. |
| arteries | blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called |
| it contains little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide. | When blood flows into the right atrium from the body, |
| the blood and the body cells. | In the capillaries materials are exchange between |
| clotting | If a person's blood lacked platelets, what process could not take place? |
| it returns to the blood through the lymphatic system. | What eventually happens to fluid that leaks from capillaries into thye surrounding tissues? |
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