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Human Body Systems Review
1. Put the following in order starting with the smallest: organs, organisms, organ systems,
cells, tissues
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism
2. What is another name for a nerve cell? neuron
3. What are the two parts of the central nervous system? brain & spinal cord
4. Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart are __vein__. Vessels that carry blood away
from the heart are __arteries__. Vessels that connect arteries and veins are
__capillaries_.
5. Which chamber of the heart pumps blood to the lungs?_right ventricle___
6. Which chamber of the heart pumps blood through the aorta to the rest of the body?
left ventricle
Use the following organ systems to answer the following questions
Reproductive
Excretory
Integumentary
circulatory
nervous
muscular
digestive
respiratory
immune
7. Stores minerals, allows for movement, protects organs skeletal
8. Controls short and long term activities with hormones endocrine
9. Transports nutrients and oxygen to cells circulatory
10. Exchanges gases between body and environment respiratory
11. Responds to external and internal stimuli nervous
12. Produces sex cells reproductive
13. Includes skin, hair, nails integumentary
14. Transports nutrients to body digestive
endocrine
skeletal
Use the following organs of the digestive system to answer the following questions.
Stomach
Large intestine
mouth
esophagus
small intestine
epiglottis
15. Villi increase surface area for absorption of nutrients small intestine
16. Protein digestion starts here with the aid of gastric juice stomach
17. Carbohydrate digestion begins here, as well as mechanical digestion of food mouth
18. Peristalsis is most involved here esophagus
19. Water is removed from wastes large intestine