Human Body Vocabulary

What is the function of the nervous system?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Transports nutrients throughout the body

• Allows us to breathe

What is a stimulus?

• Something that causes a reaction

• Needed to stay strong and healthy

• Breaking down food in the stomach and other organs

• Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

What does the digestive system do?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Transports nutrients throughout the body

• Allows us to breathe

What is a nutrient?

• Something that causes a reaction

• Needed to stay strong and healthy

• Breaking down food in the stomach and other organs

• Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

What is digestion?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Breaking down food in the stomach and other organs

• Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

What is the function of the circulatory system?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Transports nutrients throughout the body

• Allows us to breathe

What is the organ in your chest that pumps blood all through the body?

• Heart

• Artery

• Capillary

• Vein

What does an artery do?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

• Carries blood between the arteries and veins

What does a capillary do?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

• Carries blood between the arteries and veins

What does a vein do?

• Controls all the actions of the body

• Turns food into fuel for your body

• Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

• Carries blood from the body back to the heart