Human Body Vocabulary

A group of organs that work together

• Organ System

• Organ

• Function

• Tissue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A structure in the body that temporarily closes to prevent passage of material or allow movement of a fluid in one direction

• Circulate

• Valve

• Ventricle

• Vein

One of the blood vessels that carry the blood back to the heart.

• Aorta

• Vein

• Artery

• Ventricle

An organ whose job is to send blood around your body

• Ventricle

• Organ cell

• Organ

• Heart

One of the branching tubes that carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body

• Artery

• Aorta

• Vein

• Ventricle

A tube that carries blood in the circulatory system.

• Arteries

• Red blood cells

• White blood cells

• Blood Vessels

A type of blood cells that have the important job of carrying oxygen.

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Platelets

• Capillaries

A type of blood cells that are part of the germ-fighting immune system.

• Red Blood Cells

• White Blood Cells

• Capillaries

• Veins

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A stiff-walled tube of the respiratory system that connects the pharynx with the lungs

• Respiratory System

• Respiratory

• Trachea

• Lungs

The study of structures of living things

• Anatomy

• Cells

• Organs

• Organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2