Body Systems

Organ Systems at Work

What body system am I?

• My main function is to break down food into nutrients to be used by the body as energy.

• My main parts are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines.

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What body system did you think?

• muscular system

• nervous system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

What body system am I?

• My main function is to transport oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.

• My main parts are the heart, veins and arteries.

• I am also known as the cardiovascular system.

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What body system did you think?

• muscular system

• nervous system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

What body system am I?

• My main function is to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide.

• My main parts are the trachea, lungs, bronchi, diaphragm.

Poll

What body system did you think?

• muscular system

• skeletal system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

What body system am I?

• I am in control of all your body's functions.

• My main parts are the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

Poll

What body system did you think?

• muscular system

• nervous system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

What body system am I?

• My main function is to help with movement.

• I am made up of voluntary (skeletal) and involuntary (smooth and cardiac) muscles.

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What body system did you think?

• muscular system

• skeletal system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

What body system am I?

• I have several important jobs: to protect vital organs, to help with movement and to produce red blood cells.

• I am made up of 206 bones.

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What body system did you think?

• muscular system

• skeletal system

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

Multiple Select

Blood vessels carry red blood cells to the lungs, to get rid of carbon dioxide and pick up oxygen that has been breathed in. The heart pumps red blood cells carrying oxygen from lungs to all cells in the body and back to the lungs once the oxygen has been used up.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

• muscular

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The brain checks up on the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood and adjusts the rate of breathing. The brain “communicates” with the lungs using nerves from the brain to lungs.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

• muscular

Multiple Select

Blood vessels carry nutrients (like glucose) and oxygen to the muscle cells that need them. Blood vessels take away carbon dioxide and waste from muscle cells.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

• muscular

Multiple Select

Blood vessels deliver nutrients and oxygen for all the intestinal cells to function. Blood in blood vessels picks up nutrients absorbed by the intestines and carries them away to other parts of the body that need them.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

• muscular

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Nerves send messages to muscles to tell them how and where to move. Nerves check up on the body’s need for oxygen in the muscles and adjust breathing rate and heart rate as needed.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

• muscular

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The brain tells the stomach, intestines, and liver when to be active and when to rest. Messages to and from the brain decide when it’s time to process food.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

• muscular