Body Systems & Cells

When a child touches a hot stove top and jerks his hand away, what two body systems help make this happen?

• Integumentary and endocrine systems

• Skeletal and nervous systems

• Nervous and muscular systems

• Muscular and respiratory systems

What are the main functions of the skeletal system?

• To regulate the composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retaining a balance of water, salt, and other nutrients

• To enable the diffusion of oxygen into the bloodstream and the removal of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream

• To regulate and maintain bodily functions by producing hormones and releasing them into the bloodstream

• To support the body, protect the organs, produce blood cells, and store calcium

What is the main function of this system?

• transport oxygen

• remove waste

• produce hormones

• control reproduction

What two body systems do ovaries belong?

• Endocrine and reproductive

• Nervous and digestive

• Excretory and muscular

• Integumentary and reproductive

What is the main function of the muscular system?

• support of the body

• movement of the body

• removal of waste

• break down of food

Which statement best describes the function of the human body system in the above picture?

• Supplies oxygen to blood and removes carbon dioxide from blood

• Produces and secretes hormones which regulate metabolism, growth, and development

• Provides support and movement for the body

• Breaks down food into nutrients and wastes

What two body systems are interacting when the body is performing the vital process of gas exchange in the alveoli?

• Digestive-circulatory

• Respiratory-circulatory

• Nervous-endocrine

• Integumentary-excretory

What body system has the largest human body organ, which regulates temperature and serves as a barrier against harmful microorganisms?

• digestive system

• nervous system

• integumentary system

• circulatory system

Which of the following best describes the sequence food travels through the digestive system?

• Mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine, anus

• Mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, anus

• Mouth, heart, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus

• Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus

Which body system has specialized organs called glands which collect and process hormones from the blood to regulate body processes?

• Circulatory

• Integumentary

• Nervous

• Endocrine