Body systems

What does the circulatory system do?

• It moves the blood around in the body

• It helps to digest the food

What does the nervous system include?

• heart and blood vessels

• brain, spinal cord, and nerves

What does the skeletal system include?

• bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons

• stomach, esophagus, large intestine, kidneys, and liver

What does the respiratory system do?

• helps us to move our body

• takes oxygen from the air we breathe and expels the unwanted carbon dioxide

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What does the muscular system do?

• helps us move our body and maintain posture

• sends messages to our brain that something is painful

Which system pumps blood through your body?

• circulatory
• digestive
• respiratory
• muscular

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The heart is the main organ in the _________ system

• circulatory
• nervous

Select the main function of the circulatory system

• Break down food into nutrients

• Transport nutrients to the cells and carry wastes away from the cells

The eyes and lungs have the same function.

• True
• False

The heart and brain have the same function.

• True
• False