Human Body Vocabulary

Blood vessel that carries blood AWAY from the heart

• vein
• artery
• bone
• blood

Hard organ made of connective tissue

• vein
• artery
• bone
• blood

The cylindrical bundle of nerve fibers that is enclosed in the spine and connected to the brain and nerves.  Helps send messages through the body

• brain
• nerves
• spine
• spinal cord

actions that happen or muscles that move when we tell them to move

• involuntary
• voluntary
• muscle
• brain

Blood vessel that carries blood INTO the heart

• vein
• artery
• bone
• blood

long tube that allows air to move in and out of the body, windpipe

• esophagus
• trachea
• vessels
• spine

made of long fibers bundled together that allow the body to move

• nerves
• spinal cord
• muscles
• bones

a response or reaction to something that occurs that causes movement or a change in the body

• function
• feedback
• femur
• lungs

whitish fiber that sends electrical impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord

• nerves
• spinal cord
• muscles
• bones

brings oxygen in and carbon dioxide out of the body, has 2 nostrils that are openings for air

• nerves
• muscles
• nose
• bones