Human Body Systems Test Review

Question 1

helps regulate blood sugar by secreting insulin and also releases trypsin, an enzyme that breaks down protein

Accepted Answer

pancreas

Question 2

Where in the digestive system does the reabsorption of water and elimination of solid waste happen?

Accepted Answer

large intestine

Question 3

Tiny filtration tubes in the kidney that removes wastes from the blood and produces urine

Accepted Answer

nephrons

Question 4

What in the stomach is responsible for mechanical digestion?

Accepted Answer

muscles

Question 5

The autonomic nervous system controls __________ actions such as pupil dilation and digestion.

Accepted Answer

Involuntary

Question 6

Thick-walled muscular vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called

Accepted Answer

arteries

Question 7

Which of the following organs function as both a respiratory organ and an excretory organ?

Accepted Answer

lungs

Question 8

the process that the body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules

Accepted Answer

digestion

Question 9

The main organ of the respiratory system is

Accepted Answer

lungs

Question 10

Proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the body; used in chemical digestion.

Accepted Answer

enzymes

Question 11

The process of removing waste from the body is called

Accepted Answer

excretion

Question 12

Tiny vessels where substances are exchanged between the blood and body cells by way of diffusion

Accepted Answer

capillaries

Question 13

Which nutrient (made from amino acids) is used for growth and repair

Accepted Answer

proteins

Question 14

capillaries move substances between the body and bloodstream by a process called

Accepted Answer

diffusion

Question 15

waves of smooth muscle contraction that move food through esophagus to stomach

Accepted Answer

peristalsis

Question 16

The organization of the human body system increases in complexity as follows:

Accepted Answer

cell, tissue, organ, organ systems

Question 17

Tiny thin-walled sacs of lung tissue where gases can move between air and blood

Accepted Answer

alveoli

Question 18

The junction where one neuron can transfer an impulse to another neuron.

Accepted Answer

synapse

Question 19

A nerve cell

Accepted Answer

neuron

Question 20

Where in the digestive system does the majority of chemical digestion and nutrient absorption take place?

Accepted Answer

small intestine

Question 21

Thick column of nerves that links the brain to most of the nerves that branch out through the body.

Accepted Answer

spinal cord

Question 22

A nutrient that supplies quick energy that would be good to eat before an athletic competition

Accepted Answer

carbohydrates

Question 23

Nutrients that help the body with chemical reactions

Accepted Answer

vitamins

Question 24

The message carried by a nerve cell is called

Accepted Answer

impulse

Human Body Systems Test Review

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Human Body Systems Test Review

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