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Human Body System Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which blood vessel transports blood away from the heart and has thick outer walls?
a)
capillary
b)
vein
c)
artery
d)
alveoli
2.
Capillaries are tiny, thinly-walled blood vessels that serve what function?
a)
carry blood back to the heart
b)
carry blood away from the heart
c)
diffuse nutrients in and out of blood
3.
What function do bones NOT perform?
a)
produce blood cells
b)
provide support for your body
c)
give muscles a place to attach
d)
provide you with energy
4.
All body cells need _______ & ______ to release energy through cell respiration.
a)
CO2 & water
b)
O2 & water
c)
O2 & glucose
d)
CO2 & glucose
5.
Which type of neuron receives information from a stimulus (outside environment)?
a)
interneuron
b)
sensory neuron
c)
motor neuron
6.
Hypertension is ________.
a)
thickening of inner artery walls
b)
abnormally high blood pressure
c)
caused by eating unhealthy foods
d)
all of the above
7.
Strep throat is caused by which kind of organism?
a)
bacteria
b)
protist
c)
fungi
d)
virus
8.
The purpose of a motor neuron is to _________.
a)
move impulses through your nervous sytem
b)
communicate a response  to your muscle
c)
react as soon as a stimulus occurs 
d)
none of the above
9.
What is your body's process of maintaining balanced conditions?
a)
homo sapien
b)
homeostasis
c)
homogeneous
d)
homozygous
10.

The body systems of all mammals work independently of one another (on their own).

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Body system that transports nutrients to cells in order to obtain energy

a)

muscular

b)

digestive

c)

circulatory

12.
Smooth muscle is considered voluntary, or muscle that can be controlled by you.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Cardiac muscle can only be found in your heart.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which blood vessel helps absorb nutrients from the small intestines into the bloodstream? 
a)
capillary
b)
vein
c)
artery
15.

This is the 2nd line of defense in the immune system, they engulf foreign pathogens.

a)

antibodies

b)

antigens

c)

white blood cells

16.
A disease that can be spread from one organism to another is considered_______.
a)
infectious
b)
non-infectious
c)
exotic
d)
invasive
17.
Which of the following is NOT considered a nutrient required by human body cells?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
water
c)
oxygen
d)
glucose
18.
Your heart pumps what kind of blood to body cells?
a)
oxygenated
b)
de-oxygenated
c)
red
d)
blue
19.
Your lungs perform pulmonary respiration (or breathe) when _____________.
a)
your rib cage expands
b)
lungs inflate and deflate
c)
diaphragm relaxes and contracts
d)
gases and food combine in mitochondria
20.

SCENARIO: A student is text messaging on their phone. Which body systems would they use to perform this action?

a)

nervous, skeletal, digestive

b)

muscular, skeletal, digestive

c)

nervous, muscular, skeletal

21.

SCENARIO: A nurse is showing common symptoms of food poisoning. Which body systems would most likely experience a negative impact of this illness?

a)

immune & nervous

b)

immune & digestive

c)

immune & muscular

22.

In the demo Mrs. DeNayer and some of your classmates did (shocking each other), which statement BEST describes what you learned?

a)

electricity makes noise

b)

anytime your arm moves, electricity is sent from your brain

c)

your brain sends electrical impulses to move muscles

d)

nerves attach your brain to your skeleton

23.
Respiration involves the exchange of gases with blood here...
a)
alveoli
b)
bronchi
c)
bronchioles
d)
trachea
24.
________ are important structures within the digestive system, because they ________.
a)
villi, move nutrients
b)
villi, absorb nutrients
c)
alveoli, move nutrients
d)
alveoli, absorb nutrients
25.

SCENARIO: Students are riding a bus on the way to a summer field trip. The bus driver and passengers begin opening windows because they are sweating. This is an example of ____________.

a)

increasing the rate of evaporation of sweat

b)

maintaining homeostasis

c)

decreasing the body's internal temperature

d)

all options are correct

26.

SCENARIO: A student's stomach grumbles 30 minutes before their lunch block. The student starts thinking about what is in their lunch box. This reaction is due to the ____ system triggering the _____ system to find food.

a)

digestive, nervous

b)

nervous, digestive

c)

muscular, digestive

27.

SCENARIO: A soccer player suddenly panics when they become short of breath due to asthma (muscles around the trachea tighten). They use an inhaler to relieve this symptom. Which two body systems are impacted immediately AFTER the use of an inhaler?

a)

muscular & nervous

b)

muscular & immune

c)

nervous & circulatory

28.

SCENARIO: While helping her husband take down holiday lights off of the house, a wife falls from a ladder and gets a deep cut on her leg. Which two body systems are immediately damaged by this injury?

a)

skeletal & immune

b)

circulatory & muscular

c)

muscular & nervous

29.

Body system with a network of cells and fibers that transmit impulses (messages) within the body

a)

nervous

b)

muscular

c)

skeletal

30.

Body system that aids in gas exchange (oxygen and carbon dioxide)

a)

circulatory

b)

nervous

c)

respiratory

31.

Body system that breaks down food into usable molecules, which are then absorbed into the blood

a)

circulatory

b)

digestive

c)

respiratory

32.

Body system that works assists with movement, parts of this system work with the skeletal system

a)

muscular

b)

nervous

c)

digestive

33.

Body system that helps fight off pathogens and foreign microorganisms

a)

digestive

b)

excretory

c)

immune

34.

Body system that filters blood and removes waste (usually liquid) from the body

a)

digestive

b)

excretory

c)

immune

35.

Body system that produces and releases hormones to regulate growth, metabolism and development

a)

endocrine

b)

excretory

c)

nervous

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