Sponge: Body System Study Guide 10/24/14 INB P. 97
1. Circulatory
a. Provides offspring
e. Delivers oxygen and glucose to cells
2. Respiratory
b. Takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
3. Integumentary
g. Protects the body’s insides
4. Skeletal
h. Provides structure and support
5. Muscular
c. Moves the body
6. Endocrine
i. Provides hormones
7. Nervous
d. Sends messages in body
8. Digestive
j. Processes food and water
9. Excretory
f. Rids body of waste
10. Reproductive
a. Provides offspring
b. Takes in oxygen and
releases carbon dioxide
c. Moves the body
d. Sends messages in body
e. Delivers oxygen and
glucose to cells
f. Rids body of waste
g. Protects the body’s
insides
h. Provides structure and
support
i. Provides hormones
j. Processes food and
water
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1. When a human runs the circulatory system increases function by pumping more
______________, the muscular system ______________ the skeletal system, and all
these functions are directed by the ______________ system.
blood, moves, nervous
2. The ______________ _____________ produces most of the hormones of the
human body.
endocrine system
3. Which system is responsible for removing carbon dioxide from the body and
bringing oxygen into the body to be used by our body’s cells?
Respiratory System
4. Direct control of locomotion is the function of which three body systems?
Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous systems
5. Which body system removes waste from the blood?
Excretory System
6. When you take a bite of food, the pathway of the food goes through which body
systems?
Digestive system  Circulatory System  body cells
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7. The kidneys and bladder function to
remove waste from the blood.
8. An infectious disease is a disease caused by
microorganisms, such as pneumonia
9. Respiration is the process of
cells using oxygen to release energy
10. Define MetabolismThe sum of all chemical reactions that take place with in an organism.
11. The regulation of body functions is the primary responsibility of this molecule
produced by the endocrine system.
Hormones
12. Different cells work together to form ______________, that work together to form
____________, that work together to form ______________, that work together to
form the entire ____________.
Tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms
13. Define veinsblood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.
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14. The connective tissue that make up the largest portion of the skeleton of a human
embryo is _____________________.
Cartilage
15. The principal function of the large intestine is to
Absorb water from digested food
16. An injection of a weakened form of a disease is called a vaccine. Its primary
function is to trigger the production of ____________________________, and an
increase in the number of _______________________________________.
Antibodies, white blood cells
17. The function of the villi in the small intestine is to
Structures that absorb most of the products of digestion.
18. Neuron are nerve cells whose primary function is to
Transmit electrochemical messages.
19. Alveolus is singular for alveoli, sacs in your lungs. It’s primary function is to remove
_______________ and provide the body with ___________________.
Carbon dioxide, oxygen
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20. Smoking increases the amount of
carbon monoxide in the respiratory
system, which would result in less
______________ being created during
cellular respiration.
23. Trachea
ATP
27. Mouth
24. Bronchi
25. Lungs
26. Diaphragm
21. Define enzymes-
28. Stomach
Chemicals that help chemical reactions
occur at faster rates in living organisms.
29. Small intestines
22. Explain the function of the
diaphragmIt contracts, causing a pressure change
in the chest cavity during breathing.
30. Large intestines