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The Human Body – Study Guide Part 1
The Nervous System
1. What is the main function of the nervous system?
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2. What are the 3 main parts of the nervous system?
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3. Which organ of the body is responsible for controlling muscle movement, memory, emotions,
controlling body temperature, and pretty much everything that goes on in the body?
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4. Which organ is like a major highway on which information from the brain travels to the rest of
the body and from the body back to the brain? _________________
The Circulatory System
5. What is the main function of the circulatory system?
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6. What are the main parts of the circulatory system?
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7. _______________ carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body, while
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heart.
8. Name the 4 parts of blood and what the function of each is.
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Explain the relationship between the 4 following things:
Organs, cells, systems, tissue
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Be able to identify the organs of each system we have studied by sight.
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Human Body – Study Guide Part 2
The Digestive System
1. What is the main function of the digestive system?
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2. Describe the path that food takes as it is digested in the body. ____________________
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3. Where and how does digestion begin?
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4. In which part of the body are the nutrients from the food we eat absorbed into the bloodstream?
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5. Describe what happens to the food mixture when it enters the large intestine.
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6. List the 3 organs that help the digestion process although food doesn’t actually pass through
them.
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The Respiratory System
7. What is the main function of the respiratory system?
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8. What organs make up the respiratory system?
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9. Trace the path that oxygen travels as it moves from your nose/mouth to the bloodstream.
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10. Explain how air is used to help a person speak.
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Identify each organ and the system to which it belongs.