Human Body Systems

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• esophagus

• the organ that pumps blood throughout the body

• heart

• the main organs of the respiratory system

• lungs

• connects your mouth to your stomach

• stomach

• a bag made up of muscles that churns food.

• brain

• the control center of your nervous system

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• arteries

• a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

• vein

• tiny blood vessel that allows gases and nutrients to pass from blood to cells

• tissue

• a large blood vessel that returns blood to the heart

• capillaries

• a group of cells of the same type

• cell

• the basic building block of life

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match the types of muscles

• striated muscles

• a type of muscle found in the walls of some organs such as the stomach, intestines, blood vessels, and bladder

• smooth muscle

• a type of muscle that works the heart

• cardiac muscle

• a muscle with light and dark stripes that your can control by thinking

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• nerves

• a group of neurons that caries signals from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain

• neuron

• a nerve cell

• brain

• control center of your nervous system

• spinal cord

• a tube of nerves that runs through your spine or backbone.

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• digestive system

• moves food down to your stomach

• stomach

• provides nutrients to all the body's systems

• esophagus

• The last part of the digestive system that removes water from food

• small intestine

• a muscles that squeezes and mixes food until it becomes mostly liquid

• large intestine

• long tube of muscle where most food is digested; different digestive juices are added here

Food enters your ​ (a)   ; then moves to your ​ (b)   where it becomes mostly liquid. Then, the​ (c)   do most of the work to pull nutrients from our food. Finally, the remaining food passes through the​ (d)   until it passes out of the body.

• esophagus
• stomach
• small intestine
• large intestine
• spinal cord
• lungs
• vein

From your heart, blood first flows away through ​ (a)   that branch out to all parts of your body. Then, they become smaller and smaller until they become ​ (b)   which carry blood to every cell in your body. Finally, ​ (c)   return the blood to your heart.

• arteries
• capillaries
• veins
• neurons
• heart
• nerves

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Which part of the circulatory system pumps blood to all body parts?

• The heart
• The kidneys
• The liver
• The lungs

Which is a waste product of cells?

• blood

• Carbon dioxide
• Oxygen
• Water

When I kick a soccer ball, I am using my _____ muscle

• smooth

• cardiac

• striated

• heart