Human Body BrainPOP

The human body's systems are interrelated. In other words:

• They depend on each other
• They are separate from one another
• Their relationship is difficult to understand
• They do not interact with one another

What does your circulatory system have in common with your nervous system?

• Both guard against infection
• Both deliver blood to vital organs
• Both send electrical impulses from body to brain
• Both are networks that stretch throughout your entire body

What might happen if your endocrine system weren't functioning properly?

• Blood could not get to your brain
• Your body might not grow or mature properly
• Carbon dioxide would build up in your bloodstream
• You might not be able to move your muscles

Which system breaks down food so that nutrients and water can be used by the body?

• integumentary
• endocrine
• nervous
• digestive

From Tim's explanation of the respiratory system, what can you infer about the buildup of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream?

• It can help you breathe
• It has no effect on the body
• It can make you sick
• It's necessary for life

Which body system is the easiest to see without an x-ray or body scanner?

• circulatory
• integumentary
• immune
• skeletal

If a virus got into your body, which systems might work together to fight it?

• circulatory/digestive
• skeletal/muscular
• immune/lymphatic
• urinary/respiratory

How does the urinary system get rid of chemical wastes?

• forcing them into the body's air passages
• storing them in the body's fatty tissues
• directing them to the kidneys
• flushing them out of the body

Which system delivers oxygen and nutrients to body parts that need them?

• lymphatic
• circulatory
• integumentary
• reproductive

The heart is to the circulatory system as ______ is to the nervous system.

• brain
• lungs
• hand
• kidney