The Human Body Systems

Which vocabulary term means: "The tiniest blood vessels that carry blood from arteries to veins"?

• capillaries

• arteries

• antibodies

Which vocabulary term means: "The liquid part of blood in which blood cells flow"?

• pathogens

• plasma

• pores

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

Which of the following is a function of both the excretory system and the digestive system?

• regulating metabolism

• eliminating wastes

• regulating other organ systems

• maintaining homeostasis

Which one of the following systems DO NOT absorb nutrients or get rid of wastes?

• Respiratory System

• Digestive System

• Nervous System

• Circulatory System