Human Body Vocabulary Review

__________ carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.

This is the part of the cells that do most of the work in your body.

Involuntary muscles are movements that you control.

__________ must eat, grow, reproduce, and remove waste.

The ____________________ system rids the body of cellular waste.

System that receives and sends electrical messages throughout your body.

__________, also called nerve endings, branch off like spider legs to talk to other cells nearby.

Cardica muscles are voluntary muscles.

There are two types of joints: fixed and moving.

__________ have more than one cell and are made of complex structures.

Nerve cells that send messages throughout the entire body are called __________.

____________ nerves send messages from the brain to the outer parts of your body.

This system provides energy for the body and nourishes cells.

The final stop in the digestive system is the __________.

The __________ is a muscle that sits right under your lungs and gives them the space they need to fill with air.

The pulmonary circulation system sends blood out from your heart and into the rest of your body.

This bodily fluid moistens and softens food to make it eaiser to swallow.

Where does digestion begin?

The muscular system helps many other body systems complete their jobs.

This is the human body system whose main function is to get nutrients from foods we eat and get rid of waste.

The stomach is not responsible for killy bad bacteria in the food you eat.

The _________________________ system breaks down food for the body

Flexible tissue that connects bone to bone is known as a_________.

No organism can be alive without cells.

The system that pumps blood throughout the body

The systematic circulation system only travels a short distance from your heart to your lungs.

Cardiac muscles are only found in the heart.

The system that exchanges gases within the body *

This is the human body system responsible for sending and receiving messages all throughout the body.

Wave like movements that occur in the esophagus to get food from the mouth to the stomach are called __________.

_________ are the vessels that carry blood back to your heart.

__________ nerves gather information from your five senses and and sends that information to your brain.

The system that helps the body move by contracting and relaxing

The place where two bones meet and create movement is called a _________.

This system is made up of your heart and blood vessels. It is your body's system for carrying blood throughout body.

This is made of smooth muscle and is another word throat.

This type of muscles is found in your internal organs and are involuntary.

What body system controls movement of the human body?

The heart is a muscular organ which beats and pumps __________ around the body.

__________ have only one cell and are small in size. They are almost invisible.

The periphal nervous system only makes up some of the nerves in your body.

__________ muscles connect to bones by tendons to help the body move.

The vessels that carry blood away from your heart are called _________.

Skeletal muscles are voluntary.

Voluntary movements with the nervous system and are controlled by you.

Which system is responsible for protecting organs, movement, support, creating red blood cells, and storing minerals?

There are less than 600 muscles in the body.

This body system brings oxygen into your body and removes carbon dioxide from your body.

At the end of your large intestine is the anus. There is a small muscle at the end of your anus called the rectum.

There are 3 different types of muscles.

The system that circulates blood throughtout the body.

Your trachea is also known as your windpipe.

The __________ is a stretchy sack filled with strong enzymes that use digestion to break down food.

Identify the vocabulary term from the diagram.

This is the human body system that helps your body to move.

The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.

System that receives and sends electrical messages throughout your body.

__________ help your blood clot, or clump together.

The epiglottis is a flap at the top of the esophagus that closes when you eat so that food doesn't go into the trachea.

The heart is not a muscle.

Flexible tissue that connects muscle to bone is called a __________.

The system that provides the structural framework for the body *

Mechanical digestion occurs when teeth chew and grind food into smaller chunks.

The esophagus is a short muscular tube that takes food from the mouth to the stomach.

Humans, animals, plants, and fungi are examples of __________.

Sensory nerves travel in opposite directions through your central nervous central.

__________ digestion involves the enzymes in your saliva breaking down food.

Which body system works alone? 

The circulatory system provides cells with nutrients.

__________ fight any diseases or germs that enter your body.