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BODY SYSTEMS: FUNCTIONS AND INTERACTIONS
Match the following system(s) with their jobs (1-16) and answer questions 17-20.
S=Skeletal
D=Digestive
M=Muscular
R=Respiratory
C=Circulatory
E=Excretory
N=Nervous
1. _____
to carry nutrients, water, and oxygen to the body cells
2. _____
to protect body organs
3. _____
to pass oxygen from the air to the blood
4. _____
to remove wastes from the body cells
5. _____
to change food to a form that the body cells can use
6. _____
to give the body its basic shape and support
7. _____
to help with body movement
8. _____
to remove solid and liquid wastes from the body
9. _____
to remove gaseous wastes from the body
10. _____ to give the body its final shape
11. _____ directs behavior and movement
12. _____ controls internal processes such as circulation and digestion
13. _____ work together to ensure nutrients get to the cells of the body
14. _____ takes the wastes from the cells to the excretory system
15. _____ controls movement of materials through some organs such as heart, stomach, and
intestines
16. _____ provides an attachment place for muscles
17. Which organ in your body removes solid food wastes? _____________________________
18. Which organ in your body removes gaseous wastes? _______________________________
19. What are two ways that liquid wastes are removed from your body?
20. Explain the function of the nervous system as the body’s control center.
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ANSWER KEY
1. __C__ to carry nutrients, water, and oxygen to the body cells
2. __S__ to protect body organs
3. __R__ to pass oxygen from the air to the blood
4. _C, E_ to remove wastes from the body cells
5. __D__ to change food to a form that the body cells can use
6. __S__ to give the body its basic shape and support
7. _S, M_ to help with body movement
8. __E__ to remove solid and liquid wastes from the body
9. _R, E_ to remove gaseous wastes from the body
10. __M__ to give the body its final shape
11. __N__ directs behavior and movement
12. __N__ controls internal processes such as circulation and digestion
13. _D, C_ work together to ensure nutrients get to the cells of the body
14. __C __ takes the wastes from the cells to the excretory system
15. __M__ controls movement of materials through some organs such as heart, stomach, and
intestines
16. __S__ provides an attachment place for muscles
17. Which organ in your body removes solid food wastes? ________Large Intestines________
18. Which organ in your body removes gaseous wastes? _______Lungs___________________
19. What are two ways that liquid wastes are removed from your body?
Through the urinary system and skin____________________________________________
20. Explain the function of the nervous system as the body’s control center.
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