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.

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Which is the best reason that a scratch on the surface of the skin will probably not bleed very much?

• The skin has no blood vessels.

        

   

• The oil glands prevent the scratch from going too deep.

• The hair follicle blocks the release of the blood.

• The blood vessels are in the deepest layer of the skin & not on the surface

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.

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

• blood is made in the bones.

• red blood cells carry oxygen.

• plasma carries nutrients.

• white blood cells fight infection.

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In which structures would the occurrence of mutations have the greatest effect on human evolution?

• 1 & 3

• 3 & 6

•           2 & 5                     

• 1 & 4

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

• nerve tissue

• muscle tissue

• epithelial tissue

• connective tissue

Which structure shown in the figure to the right is responsible for peristalsis?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

• Bone marrow produces blood.

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

• The heart is made of cardiac muscle tissue.

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

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The diaphragm links the respiratory to the muscular system because...

• it is made of skeletal muscle tissue that helps you breath.

• it is made of cardiac muscle tissue that helps you breath.

• it is made of smooth muscle tissue that helps you breath.

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