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

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

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

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

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

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.

All organ systems have this at its most basic unit.

• Cells

• Neurons

• Tissues

• Organs

What body system helps break down food?

• Respiratory System

• Digestive System

• Nervous System

• Circulatory System

What organs make up your nervous system?

• Mouth, esophagus, stomach

• Brain, stomach, small intestine

• Brain, spinal cord and nerves

• Lungs, diaphragm and stomach