Body Systems Functions

The sound of your heartbeat is caused by

• closing of the valves

• blood pumping through the aorta

• blood returning to the venae cava

• blood traveling to the lungs

Which part of the blood helps to fight pathogens and is made in the bone marrow?

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• plasma

• platelets

Helps create a blood clot to prevent blood loss

• WBCs

• RBCs

• plasma

• platelets

Which statement is true?

• The red pulp in the spleen removes defective RBCs from the blood.

• The white pulp in the spleen fights infection.

• Lymph nodes are concentrated around the armpits, neck, and groin.

• These are all true statements.

What is the function of the digestive system?

• to break down and absorb nutrients

• to support and protect our bodies

• to produce vitamin D

• to help us move

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The small and large intestines both....

• store waste

• absorb water

• mix and mash food in order to break it down

• absorb nutrients

produces bile which helps break down fats in the small intestine  

• Mouth

• Liver

• Salivary Glands

• Large Intestine

Where does the stomach empty into?

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Pancreas

• Liver

This chamber of the heart PUMPS blood to the body.

• Right Atrium

• Right Ventricle

• Left Atrium

• Left Ventricle

Which vessel carries blood away from the heart?

• vein

• capillaries

• artery

• lymph capillary