Human Body Systems and Homeostasis

Which statement best describes the relationship between the nervous system and the muscular system?

• The nervous system controls the muscular system.

• The muscular system controls the nervous system.

• The nervous system provides nutrients for the muscular system.

• The muscular system provides nutrients for the nervous system.

In what way are the digestive and circulatory systems alike?

• Both protect organs in the body.

• Both control movement of the body.

• Both absorb gases or nutrients into the body.

• Both provide structural support for the body.

Which two body systems work together to support the body and allow the body to move?

• circulatory and respiratory

• digestive and nervous

• skeletal and muscular

• circulatory and digestive

This system includes the skin, hair, and nails.

• integumentary

• nervous

• skeletal

• muscular

This system filters and removes liquid wastes from the body.

• endocrine

• digestive

• circulatory

• excretory

This system receives and proccesses information.

• respiratory

• immune

• nervous

• endocrine

This system is the body's defense against attack.

• endocrine

• excretory

• muscular

• immune

This system secretes chemical messages (hormones) to different parts of the body.

• excretory

• endocrine

• digestive

• immune

Which of the following is a component of the circulatory system?

• heart

• blood vessels

• blood

• all answers

The three types of muscles are 

• skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. 

• skeletal, voluntary, and cardiac. 

• smooth, cardiac, and involuntary. 

• skeletal, cardiac, and ridged.