Vocabulary for Body System

the protective bones that cover most of your organs 

• rib cage 
• skull 
• bones 

skeletal muscle with light and dark stripes 

• cardiac muscle 
• striated muscle 
• smooth muscle 

Where digestion begins the first break down of food with your saliva 

• stomach
• mouth 
• liver 

"windpipe" carries air in and out of body 

• carbon dioxide 
• trachea
• oxygen 
• lungs

group of neurons that pass along information 

• spinal cord 
• brain 
• nerves 
• neurons 

carries blood AWAY from the heart

• artery
• vein 

the bones that protects the brain 

• bones 
• skull
• liver 

connects bones together 

• muscle 
• liver
• tissue

the gas that humans breathe out 

• carbon dioxide 
• oxygen

central control center for the nervous system 

• nerves
• brain
• heart
• skull