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Body Systems Study Guide
**Be sure to answer all questions on a separate sheet of paper and turn it in on the day of unit exam**
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What are the four types of tissues and describe how each one would look.
Tissues form ______________.
What is homeostasis?
What are the two types of bone?
What are the four main function of bone?
List the three types of joints.
What is an organ that you don’t have a use for called?
The muscle that allows the bone to bend straight is called_______________________.
What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscle?
What are the three parts of the integumentary system?
List four functions of the skin.
What are the three layers of the skin?
What is the lower chamber of the heart called?
What is the upper chamber of the heart called?
What is the main blood vessel that carries blood to the body called?
Describe arteries, veins, and capillaries. What is the function of each?
What is atherosclerosis?
What are the four parts of blood?
What is coaugulation?
Who is the universal donor?
What is the function of the lymphatic system?
List some parts of the lymphatic system.
Trace the path of oxygen from the nose the lungs.
What takes place in cellular respiration?
Trace the path of food as it enters your mouth.
What is chime?
What is peristalsis?
List some of the accessory organs of the digestive system.
What is the function of the liver?
What is the function of the pancreas?
What is the function of the kidney?
What part of the kidney actually aids with filtering and removing waste from the blood?
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What are the two subsystems of the nervous system?
Draw a neuron and label it.
What is the somatic nervous system?
What is the autonomic nervous system?
What is the cerebrum’s function?
What is the cerebellum’s function?
What is the medulla’s function?
What is a feedback mechanism?
What does the endocrine system do?
What is a hormone?
What are some glands of the endocrine system?
What is asexual reproduction?
What are the three types of mammals and describe the way they reproduce.
What is external fertilization?
What is an embryo called before it implants itself in the uterus?
About how long is the menstrual cycle?
What is the placenta?
What is the epididymis?