Human Body Systems

What human body system is like a subway running around your body, dropping off important things to all of your cells and picking up and removing waste?

• Digestive System

• Muscular System

• Circulatory System

• Skeletal System

The capillaries are best categorized as a part of what human body system?

• The nervous system

• The skeletal system

• The circulatory system

• The immune system

The heart pumps blood to the ............

• body only in one circuit

• body and lungs in one circuit

• body and lungs in two separate circuits

• heart, body, and lungs in three separate circuits

A red blood cell leaving the heart would travel through blood vessels in what order before returning to the heart?

• Arteries -> Capillaries -> Veins

• Capillaries -> Arteries -> Veins

• Veins -> Capillaries -> Arteries

• Arteries -> Veins -> Capillaries

Ligaments join __________ to ____________.

• Muscles to bones

• Bones to bones

• Muscles to skin

• Organs to muscles

The small intestine functions to ___________________, while the large intestine functions to ________________.

• excrete waste; absorb excess water from what will be waste

• absorb excess water from what will be waste; break down and absorb nutrients

• break down and absorb nutrients; absorb excess water from what will be waste

• make digestive enzymes; break down and absorb nutrients

A piece of food traveling through the digestive tract would encounter organs in what order?

• Mouth, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine

• Mouth, Stomach, Large Intestine, Small Intestine

• Mouth, Large Intestine, Stomach, Small Intestine

• Mouth, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Stomach

The skull is best categorized as a part of what human body system?

• The muscular system

• The digestive system

• The circulatory system

• The locomotor system

Check all that apply:

What are the functions of the muscular system?

• To pull on bones to move your body

• To move food through your digestive tract

• To pump blood around your body

• To contract and relax upon receiving signals from the nerves

Check all that apply:

What are the functions of the skeletal system?

• To produce red blood cells

• To protect delicate organs

• To support and hold the shape of the body

• To absorb nutrients from food