Human Body System Interactions

The digestive and respiratory systems pair together to ...

• bring carbon dioxide and wastes to cells for diffusion.

• bring oxygen and wastes to cells for diffusion.

• bring oxygen and nutrients to cells for cellular respiration.

• bring carbon dioxide and nutrients to cells for cellular respiration.

The digestive and respiratory rely on the ___ systems to transport needed materials to the cells.

• circlatory and excretory

• circulatory and muscular

• nervous and digestive

• nervous and skeletal

The immune system fights diseases. The circulatory system pairs with the immune system because ___.

• blood is made in the bones.

• plasma carries nutrients.

• red blood cells carry oxygen.

• white blood cells fight infection.

What tissue type carries information from your brain to the heart telling it to pump blood.

• nerve tissue

• epithelial tissue

• muscle tissue

• connective tissue

The organ within the circulatory system that allows for the diffusion of materials between all other tissues of the body is the...

• heart

• artery

• capillary

• vein

Why are the lungs, the major organ of the respiratory system, also considered an excretory organ?

• They get rid of carbon dioxide, a cellular waste

• They get rid of oxygen, a cellular waste

• They get rid of urea, a cellular waste

• They get rid of salt, a cellular waste

How do the skeletal and circulatory systems relate to each other?

• Bone marrow produces blood.

• The heart is made of cardiac muscle tissue.

• The heart is held in place in the chest by ligaments.

• The blood brings carbon dioxide and glucose to the cells of the bones.

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All organ systems have this at its most basic unit.

• Cells

• Neurons

• Tissues

• Organs

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What is a group of cells that are alike and work together?

• a cell team
• a tissue
• a cell family
• a system

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A group of tissues that work together is a(n) ______________________.

• cell
• organ
• organ system
• organism

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