Download Systems of the Human Body Study Guide

Systems of the Human Body Study Guide
Name____________________________
Name the 6 Body Systems we studied.
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Name 2 types of joints. Tell what each type does. Give an
example of each.
Why do we need our skeleton? Give 3 reasons.
What is the difference between a voluntary muscle and an
involuntary muscle? Give an example of each.
Put the following in order from smallest to largest:
organs, cells, organ systems, tissues
Fill in the Blanks.
1. The _____________________ are the main organs in the
respiratory system.
2. Air enters your body through your ________________ and
your ______________.
3. Another name for the trachea is the _________________.
4. The trachea divides into two branches called the
________________ ______________.
5. Our bodies use oxygen, and gives off
___________________ ___________________.
6. The main organ of the circulatory system is the
________________.
7. The 3 parts of the circulatory system are the ___________,
the ________________ _________________, and
___________.
8. The right and left side of the heart each work as a
_______________.
9. The right side of the heart pumps the blood to the
___________. This blood has _________________
___________________ in it.
10. The left side of the heart pumps blood to the
_______________. This blood is full of ________________.
11.The heart is divided into 4 ______________________.
12.______________________ is the process that breaks food
into forms that your cells can use.
13.Digestion begins in your ____________________. Food
than travels down the ______________________ until it
gets to your ________________________.
14.The _____________________ _____________________ is
a long twisted and folded tube where most of the digestion
takes place in your body.
15.Your small intestine takes ______ to _______ hours to
digest food.
16.Your ______________ ________________ ____________
is the control center for your body.
17.The __________ and ______________ ______________
are part of your central nervous system.
18.The _____________ ________________ is the link
between your brain and other parts of your body.
19.The ___________________ is a moist spongy organ made
up of billions of nerve cells,
20.____________________ such as blinking or pulling your
hand away from something hot is controlled by your spinal
cord.
21.Places where one bone attaches to another bone are called
___________________.
22.The mineral ___________________ helps build bone tissue
and keeps bones strong.
23.There are _______________ bones in the adult human
skeleton.
24.A _______________________ is a specialized cell that
carries information in the form of electrical signals.