HB Human Body Systems Review

This is the term for your body's steady internal environment.

The functioning unit of the kidney is called

Which neuron sends messages from the brain to a muscle or gland?

Filtration of the blood in the kidney begins in this ball of capillaries.

These proteins help break down food.

This part of your circulatory system is also part of your immune system.

A chemical messenger produced by a gland and carried in the blood is called a

The first chemical digestion takes place in the ______, where an enzyme breaks down ______.

This organ reabsorbs water from your digested food prior to excretion.

The kidney is located...

Gas exchange between the lungs and capillaries takes place in the...

Where would you look to find an organism's vocal folds?

Which system manages your senses, and coordinates the body's response to changes in the environment?

Positive feedback loops work to keep your body at a biological "set point."

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of muscle tissue?

This hormone helps your body increase your blood sugar.

Which type of connective tissue connects a bone to another bone?

Which structure on the neuron collects information and begins an impulse?

This chamber of your heart recieves deoxygenated blood from the body.

Which of the following is NOT an accessory organ of the digestive system?

The tubule that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder is called the...

Plasma is made up of all of these except...

When substances like amino acids and glucose move from the nephron back to the blood, it is called...

What structure in the small intestines increases absorption?

The protein in red blood cells that binds and carries oxygen.

This is the largest part of your brain and controls your senses, motions, and thoughts.

Which enzyme is NOT released by the pancreas?

Which gland produces stress hormones, like adrenaline and epinephrine?

The smooth muscle of your digestive tract moves food along with this wavelike motion.

This tube has strong rings of cartilage to keep it open at all times.

What does the cerebellum control?

Which blood vessel takes clean blood away from the kidney?

These blood vessels have the thinnest walls.

Which of these body systems is two way in healthy humans?

This is your largest internal organ - processing toxins is one of its many jobs.

This body system broadcasts messages to your whole body using the blood.

The microscopic gap between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron is called a...

These vessels carry blood towards the heart, and are often low in oxygen.

In a healthy body, gland helps regulate blood sugar.

What is the function of bile?

What transmits an impulse across a synapse?

As food goes down the esophagus, the trachea is covered by a flap called the...

Which of these endocrine glands secretes sex hormones?