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________ moistens the food, making it easier to swallow and had digestive enzymes that break food down into chemicals the body can use.
________ moistens the food, making it easier to swallow and had digestive enzymes that break food down into chemicals the body can use.
The _________ is a “holding tank” in which food remains for several hours.
The _________ is a “holding tank” in which food remains for several hours.
______ is made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It breaks up large molecules of fatty foods.
______ is made in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It breaks up large molecules of fatty foods.
Some useful substances are absorbed by special cells that line the walls of the small intestine. Some are carried directly to cells throughout the body. What happens to the rest?
Some useful substances are absorbed by special cells that line the walls of the small intestine. Some are carried directly to cells throughout the body. What happens to the rest?
How do wastes leave the body?
How do wastes leave the body?
What are the two main jobs of the respiratory system?
What are the two main jobs of the respiratory system?
What are the two acts of breathing?
What are the two acts of breathing?
From what do inhaling and exhaling result?
From what do inhaling and exhaling result?
What lines the nasal passages and for what purpose?
What lines the nasal passages and for what purpose?
What carries air toward the lungs?
What carries air toward the lungs?
What are the two tubes called that enter each lung?
What are the two tubes called that enter each lung?
Where does the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen occur?
Where does the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen occur?
What system moves blood throughout the body?
What system moves blood throughout the body?
What does blood transport?
What does blood transport?
Of what does the circulatory system consist?
Of what does the circulatory system consist?
How does the heart pump blood through the circulatory system?
How does the heart pump blood through the circulatory system?
How many pumps does the heart have?
How many pumps does the heart have?
What are the three types of blood vessels?
What are the three types of blood vessels?
What is the largest artery in the body?
What is the largest artery in the body?
What are the body’s two largest veins?
What are the body’s two largest veins?
The blood consists of plasma and what three kinds of formed elements?
The blood consists of plasma and what three kinds of formed elements?
How are red blood cells (erythrocytes) able to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues?
How are red blood cells (erythrocytes) able to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues?
How do white blood cells (leukocytes) help protect the body from disease?
How do white blood cells (leukocytes) help protect the body from disease?
How do platelets help prevent bleeding from damaged blood vessels?
How do platelets help prevent bleeding from damaged blood vessels?
Where does lymph come from?
Where does lymph come from?
What is the purpose of lymph nodes?
What is the purpose of lymph nodes?
What are the main organs of the urinary system?
What are the main organs of the urinary system?
What are the microscopic filtering units in the kidneys called?
What are the microscopic filtering units in the kidneys called?
What is formed when water, urea, sodium chloride, and certain other wastes are filtered through a nephron?
What is formed when water, urea, sodium chloride, and certain other wastes are filtered through a nephron?
What carries urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
What carries urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
Urine leaves the body through the _________.
Urine leaves the body through the _________.
___________ is the process in which a sperm unites with an egg.
___________ is the process in which a sperm unites with an egg.
In the male, what glands produce sperm?
In the male, what glands produce sperm?
How often do the ovaries of a female release an egg?
How often do the ovaries of a female release an egg?
How does the developing baby obtain food and oxygen?
How does the developing baby obtain food and oxygen?
How do the endocrine glands control body function?
How do the endocrine glands control body function?
What are some of the main endocrine glands?
What are some of the main endocrine glands?
Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
Why is the pituitary gland called the master gland?
How is the pituitary gland controlled?
How is the pituitary gland controlled?
_____________ make chemicals that perform specific functions in the area where they are released
_____________ make chemicals that perform specific functions in the area where they are released
What are some of the major exocrine products?
What are some of the major exocrine products?
What does the nervous system regulate and coordinate?
What does the nervous system regulate and coordinate?
Of what is the nervous system made?
Of what is the nervous system made?
What are the three main divisions of the nervous system?
What are the three main divisions of the nervous system?
The _______________ system functions as the control center of the nervous system.
The _______________ system functions as the control center of the nervous system.
What two types of neurons are included in the nerves that connect the central nervous system with every part of the body?
What two types of neurons are included in the nerves that connect the central nervous system with every part of the body?
What are receptors? What role do receptors play in the nervous system?
What are receptors? What role do receptors play in the nervous system?
What main division of the nervous system regulates automatic functions of the body, such as the beating of the heart and the movement of food through the digestive system?
What main division of the nervous system regulates automatic functions of the body, such as the beating of the heart and the movement of food through the digestive system?
