12A Body System Interaction Scenarios

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for different body systems to interact with each other in humans?

• To maintain overall health and function

• To make the body look symmetrical

• To increase the number of body systems

• To reduce the need for nutrients

Open Ended

What systems are interacting to address feeling light-headed when you stand up quickly at school?

Open Ended

Which body systems work together to help your body respond to cold by shivering and seeking warmth from others?

Open Ended

What body systems are interacting to cause the physical changes observed in your friend from age 9 to age 19?

Open Ended

What body systems are at work to cause the extraordinary reactions of fight, flight, or freeze when encountering a frightening situation?

Open Ended

When you get extremely hot and sweaty after gym class, which body systems are interacting to help cool you down?

Open Ended

You eat a chicken nugget meal from Chick-Fil-A. What body systems must interact to enable biomolecules from the food to be transported to the cells of the body for energy?

Open Ended

It’s valentine’s day and you come to drop off a present anonymously for your secret crush. She walks into the room as you are leaving and sees in on her desk with you being the only other person in the area going to class that early. Your face becomes flush with embarrassment, you begin to sweat, and you can feel your heart beating faster. What system interactions brought about this response?

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes an interaction between the muscular system and the respiratory system?

• The hormone adrenaline causes blood vessels to contract and send more blood to major muscles.

• Metabolic wastes generated by muscle cells are eliminated in urine.

• The diaphragm contracts causing the chest cavity to expand, which draws air into the lungs.

• Nutrients absorbed in the small intestine are transported in blood to the brain.

Multiple Choice

Which four body systems interact to allow a person to sneeze?

• Muscular, immune, nervous, respiratory

• Nervous, respiratory, circulatory, skeletal

• Respiratory, endocrine, skeletal, circulatory

• Lymphatic, skeletal, respiratory, muscular

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the difference between positive and negative feedback mechanisms in the body?

• Positive feedback amplifies changes while negative feedback counteracts changes.

• Positive feedback counteracts changes while negative feedback amplifies changes.

• Both positive and negative feedback amplify changes.

• Both positive and negative feedback counteract changes.

Multiple Choice

Based on the diagram, which two systems interact to maintain homeostasis?

• the nervous and reproductive systems

• the circulatory and endocrine systems

• the excretory and nervous systems

• the immune and circulatory systems

Open Ended

Explain how positive feedback operates during childbirth, using the diagram as a reference.

Multiple Choice

According to the feedback mechanism shown, what hormone is released by the pancreas when blood glucose levels fall below normal?

• Insulin

• Glucagon

• Adrenaline

• Cortisol

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a function performed by the interactions of human body systems?

• Regulation

• Nutrient absorption

• Photosynthesis

• Defense for injury or illness