Human Body Systems and Functions

Which of the following describes maintaining boundaries?

• Keeping the inside and outside of the body separate. 

• Moving substances around the body

• Breaking down food into simpler molecules

• Reacting to stimuli

Which systems are primarily involved in movement?

• Nervous and endocrine

• Muscular and skeletal 

• Muscular and urinary

• Endocrine and skeletal

Responsiveness is

• the process of removing waste from the body.

• producing offspring. 

• the ability to react to stimuli.

• all the chemical reactions that occur within the body. 

Which system is primarily responsible for responsiveness?

• Cardiovascular

• Digestive

• Reproductive

• Nervous

Which system distributes materials absorbed during digestion?

• Integumentary

• Respiratory

• Cardiovascular

• Endocrine

Metabolism is

• increase in body size.

• all the chemical reactions in the body.

• the process of removing wastes. 

• not necessary for all living things. 

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 Metabolism is primarily carried out by which body systems?

• reproductive and endocrine. 

• nervous, muscular, and skeletal. 

• integumentary and urinary.

• digestive, respiratory, and cardiovascular.

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Excretion is the process of 

• removing waste from the body. 

• reacting to stimuli.

• maintaining body temperature.

• absorbing nutrients from food. 

Which systems are primarily involved in excretion?

• respiratory and cardiovascular

• digestive and urinary

• reacting to stimuli. 

• muscular and skeletal

Reproduction is

• breaking down food. 

• reacting to stimuli. 

• removing waste. 

• producing offspring. 

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