Body Systems

The reproductive organ that produces sperm cells?

What nutrients are needed for strong bones?

Which systems allows the human body to take in oxygen?

These are caused by a spasm in the diaphragm muscle.

Which organ filters urine?

What makes up approximately 70% of the human brain?

What bone is responsible for protecting your lungs?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which muscles make up the blood-pumping organ in the body?

Its main organs are: ovaries, uterus, testes.

How long does it take the food we swallow to go through the digestive tract?

This system produces eggs in females, sperm in males and offspring after fertilization.

What is bile?

What structures are part of the integumentary system?

Which connects bones to other bones?

What is the average normal body temperature?

The average adult's resting heart rate is around 72 beats/minute. What is a baby's?

Which is not a main structure in the endocrine system?

Its main organs are: kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, skin

What is another name for your hip bone?

Which gland is the main part of the Endocrine System?

Its main organs are: heart, blood vessels, blood

When do a person's teeth start to grow?

Name the disease in which the pancreas does not produce the right amount of insulin?

Which system acts as an outside barrier to protect the human body from the outside world?

What is the skin layer you can see called?

Which system pumps blood through the human body, delivering food and oxygen?

This system carries air into and out of lungs, where gases (oxygen & CO2) are exchanged.

This system has tissues that connect to bones to allow movement of the human body.

How old is the average hair that falls out of your head?

This system protects against pathogens; helps regulate body temperature.

What color might your skin and eyes turn if your liver stopped working?

Where is the thinnest skin on the human body?

Which system breaks down food in the human body for use as energy?

How many chambers make up the human heart?

What is the covering on the spinal cord called?

How many muscles are in your body?

What are the basic building blocks in your body?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which is the only living part of your body with no blood supply?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which side of the brain controls the muscles on the body's left side?

What is made inside bones?

This system eliminates waste; maintains water and chemical balance.

Its main organs are: lymph nodes & vessels, white blood cells

Who has the most taste buds?

Which system is responsible for filtering liquid waste out of the body's blood stream?

Which of the following body parts is the least sensitive?

This system stores and digests food; absorbs nutrients; eliminates waste.

What is true of people who live in high altitudes, where there is less oxygen?

Many people have their gall bladder taken out. What do gallbladders do?

The surface area of your lung tissue is about the same size as what?

How big is a kid's heart?

What must the stomach replace every 3 days?

What role does the uvula, the dangly think at the back of your mouth, play in the digestion?

This system provides structure; supports and protects internal organs.

What is the common name for the trachea?

Around what age does the brain stop developing?

The fastest your heart should beat during exercise is related to what?

What does the oxygen first pass through when it is on its way to the lungs?

This system transports nutrients and wastes to and from all body tissues.

Which muscle helps you breathe?

Which are types of muscles found in the body?

Where is the thickest skin on the human body?

Which organ stores urine?

What is an endoskeleton

What flap keeps food from going into the lungs?

In which of these organs can muscles be found?

This is the main organ of the immune system.

Which system helps you move and react with senses to your environment?

Which system eliminates liquid waste

What does the food pass through on its way to the stomach?

What type of blood cell clots?

Which system fights most diseases and keeps the body healthy?

After we digest food, which organ sucks up the extra water?

What does melanin do for your skin?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which system allows a species to create more of its own species?

These organs are with which system of the body? (heart, capillaries, veins, arteries)

Food goes from the pharynx to the stomach. What important function is the pharynx part of?

Which muscles are the busiest, working 100,000 times every day?

How much urine can an adult's bladder hold?

What is the song, gooey stuff inside a bone called?

What is the system that inhales oxygen and exhales CO2?

How many kidneys do you need to survive?

This system provides structure; supports and moves trunk and limbs.

If an average adult's small intestine was stretched out, how far would it reach?

Its main organs are skin, hair & nails

What organ carries carbon dioxide to the lungs in the circulatory system?

Which of these can humans survive the longest without?

These organs are with which system of the body? (deltoid, biceps, triceps, flexors)

Name the endocrine gland located at the brain.

Why do our stomachs growl when we are hungry?

Which system provides the basic framework of the human body?

This system provides protection against infection and disease.

What do your kidneys do?

How long, all together, are the nerves in the body of an adult human?

Which muscles are found in hollow organs such as the stomach?

About how much does the adult human brain weigh?

Its main organs are: brain, spinal cord, nerves, sense organs.

Which system is displayed in this image?

Babies have more bones than adults. What happens to the extra bones?

Which direction do veins carry blood?

What type of muscles are connected to the bones?

What is the inside of your nose made of?

If you took all the bacteria on a body & clumped them together, what size would the clump be?

What are the three main types of muscles in your body?

What blood cells are fighters in which body system?

The reproductive organ that holds the developing fetus?

Bones come together at

Where is the tibia bone?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which direction do capillaries carry blood?

What lives in a healthy person's intestine?

What do the most sensitive parts of the human body have the most of?

What do you excrete when you exhale?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which blood cells carry oxygen to the tissues all around the body?

We use about 6 cups of this to moisten our food, kill bacteria and help digest food.

What type of joint is responsible for moving your elbow?

About how many nephrons (filtering units) does each kidney have?

Which organ stores liquid waste until it is urinated out of the body?

What is the largest organ in the circulatory system?

Which system regulates body activities by producing chemical messages in glands?

This system controls & coordinates body movements and sense, controls consciousness/creativity.

Which is the first feature to appear on the face of a developing fetus?

What do you call the muscles in the body that let fluids or solids pass through?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Its main organs are air passages & lungs.

Which system controls & coordinates the human body's activities and senses?

Which blood cells fight infections?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Which intestine is most affected by celiac disease?

Along with the brains and the nerves, what makes up the nervous system?

The reproductive organ that produces egg cells?

This system maintains homeostasis, regulates metabolism as well as growth & sexual development.

If unraveled, the human esophagus, stomach and large & small intestine would reach how high?

Its main organs are: mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, small and large intestine

What is the largest bone in your body?

Which system is displayed in this image?

What kind of powerful acid is found in the stomach?

What happens if we swallow chewing gum?

How many bones are in the average adult human body?

Which system is displayed in this image?

Its main organs are: adrenal gland, thyroid gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, hypothalamus.

You rub off 10 billion tiny scales of skin every day. Collected over a lifetime, it would weigh

Its main organs are: skeletal, cardiac & smooth muscles

Its main organs are bones.

What are you toenails and fingernails made of?

Besides skin, what are the other two parts to the integumentary system?