Progress Monitoring Science Body Systems

The skeletal and muscular systems of the body work together to...

• kill germs

• pump blood

• move the body

• make food

Bones are part of the skeletal system and the job of the bones is to...

• fight disease

• send messages

• grow hair

• support the body

The human body can move when muscles...

• twist and turn.

• take in water.

• get cold and hot.

• contract and relax.

Humans can move because their muscles...

• need food to work.

• are connected to bones.

• heat up when resting.

• are long and thin.

Which of the following internal organs IS a muscle?

• heart

• kidney

• liver

• galbladder