Systems Review Game
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Skeletal
Muscular
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
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Digestive
Urinary
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Skeletal 100
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 How does the skeletal system allow movement?
(answer)
 Joints
Skeletal 200
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 Name 3 types of joints and where they are located in
the body.
(answer)
 Pivot – neck
 Hinge – elbow, knee
 Ball-and-socket – shoulder, hip
 Gliding – wrist, ankle
Skeletal 300
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 What is the importance of water in the
skeletal system? Explain.
(answer)
 Lubricant – reduces friction at joints and
keeps them moving smoothly
Skeletal 400
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 What are the 4 main functions of the skeletal system?
(answer)
 Protects internal organs
 Makes red blood cells
 Allows movement
 Stores minerals
Skeletal 500
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 Why does the skeletal system depend
on the muscular system?
(answer)
 The skeleton is built to move, but
doesn’t have the capability to move on
its own. The muscles attach to bones to
make them move.
Muscular 100
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 What is the primary function of the muscular
system?
(answer)
 movement
Muscular 200
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 What are the 2 types of muscle action? Explain.
(answer)
 Voluntary – move under your control
 Involuntary – move without you thinking
Muscular 300
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 What are the 3 types of muscle? Where in the body
can each be found?
(answer)
 Cardiac – only in the heart
 Smooth – lines the walls of digestive tract
 Skeletal – attached to bones
Muscular 400
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 Skeletal muscles must work in pairs to move bones.
What are these pairs? Explain.
(answer)
 Flexor – contracts to bend a body part
 Extensor – contracts to straighten a body part
Muscular 500
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 Why would some muscles fail to work
properly if a bone is broken?
(answer)
 Skeletal muscle is attached to bone, and if the
bone is broken the flexors and extensors
wouldn’t be able to pull on the bone to move
the joint.
Cardiovascular 100
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 What is another name for the cardiovascular system?
(answer)
 Circulatory system
Cardiovascular 200
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 What are the 5 parts that make up this
system? Explain each of their functions.
(answer)
Heart – pumps blood
Blood – delivers oxygen and nutrients
Artery – takes blood away from the heart
Capillary – allows an exchange of materials
from blood cells to other body cells
 Vein – takes blood back to the heart
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Cardiovascular 300
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 What is the difference between systemic and
pulmonary circulation?
(answer)
 Systemic – circulation of blood from the heart
to the body and back to the heart
 Pulmonary – circulation of blood from the
heart to the lungs and back to the heart
Cardiovascular 400
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 Why is water important in the
cardiovascular system?
(answer)
 Temperature Regulator – absorbs heat to
help keep body temperature constant
Cardiovascular 500
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 Why are other systems dependent on the
cardiovascular system? (respiratory,
digestive, urinary)
(answer)
 The blood will transport (pick up and
deliver) oxygen, nutrients and waste
materials around the body
Respiratory 100
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 What is the primary function of the respiratory
system?
(answer)
 To bring in oxygen and get rid of carbon
dioxide
Respiratory 200
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 What are the structures that make up the
respiratory system?
(answer)
 Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs,
bronchioles, and alveoli.
Respiratory 300
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 Explain the importance of the alveoli.
(answer)
 Alveoli filter oxygen from the air and pass it
into the blood stream through capillaries. At
the same time, carbon dioxide is passed into
the alveoli from the blood to be removed
from the body.
Respiratory 400
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 What is the role of water in cellular
respiration? Explain.
(answer)
 Metabolite – water helps the cells perform
chemical reactions such as cellular
respiration
Respiratory 500
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 What is the difference between breathing and
respiration?
(answer)
 Breathing is inhaling and exhaling air.
 Respiration is getting and using oxygen.
Digestive 100
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 What are the structures that make up the
digestive system?
(answer)
 Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
pancreas, small intestine, liver,
gallbladder, and large intestine.
Digestive 200
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 What are the two types of digestion?
Explain.
(answer)
 Mechanical digestion – physically
breaking, ripping, smashing (etc.) into
smaller pieces
 Chemical digestion – using substances to
breakdown into smaller molecules
Digestive 300
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 What is the role of water in regards to
digestion?
(answer)
 Solvent – water helps to dissolve nutrients
so the body can use them
Digestive 400
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 What are the organs that assist with digestion, but
are not part of the digestive tract? Explain their
functions.
(answer)
 Liver – stores nutrients, makes bile, breaks down
toxins
 Gallbladder – stores bile and squeezes it into the
small intestine to break down fat.
 Pancreas – protects the small intestine from
stomach acid in chyme, by neutralizing the acid
Digestive 500
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 Why is the small intestine so long?
Explain.
(answer)
 Villi are fingerlike projections in the small
intestine that absorb nutrients from food.
It is long so that it can get as many
nutrients as possible from the food.
Urinary 100
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 What are the structures that make up this system?
(answer)
 Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Urinary 200
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 What is the tube in which urine leaves the body?
(answer)
 Urethra
Urinary 300
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 Where does urine get stored before it can be expelled
from the body?
(answer)
 Urinary bladder
Urinary 400
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 What is the primary function of the urinary
system?
(answer)
 To remove waste from the blood that was
made in the body.
Urinary 500
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 What are nephrons? Explain how they function.
(answer)
 Nephrons are microscopic filters in the kidneys.
They filter the waste and water out of the blood
which makes urine. Most of the water and the
nutrients are returned to the blood and the
blood is recirculated. The urine leaves the
kidneys in tubes called ureters.