Body Systems

Question 1

What does the muscular system consist of?

Answer 1

Skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles

Question 2

What does the muscular system permit?

Answer 2

Movement of the body, maintenance of posture and blood circulation

Question 3

How do muscles obtain their energy to contract?

Answer 3

Directly from adenosine triphosphate

Question 4

What type of waste does the urinary system remove from your body?

Answer 4

Urea

Question 5

What do the kidneys remove from your body?

Answer 5

Liquid waste from your blood in the form of urine

Question 6

How is waste excreted from the body?

Answer 6

Via the renal vein, kidney, ureter, bladder and urethra

Question 7

What is the pituitary gland?

Answer 7

The master gland that regulates other endocrine glands

Question 8

What is the cerebellum?

Answer 8

The structure that coordinates fine muscle movement

Question 9

What does the respiratory system supply the blood with?

Answer 9

Oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body

Question 10

How does the respiratory system supply blood with oxygen?

Answer 10

Through inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide

Question 11

What is the throat also known as?

Answer 11

Pharynx

Question 12

What is the path food takes through the digestive system?

Answer 12

Mouth, throat, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, liver, gall bladder, large intestine, rectum and anus

Question 13

What is the endocrine system instrumental in?

Answer 13

Regulating mood, growth and development, tissue function and metabolism

Question 14

What are the foundations of the endocrine system?

Answer 14

Hormones and Glands

Question 15

What is the reproductive system?

Answer 15

A collection of organs that work together for the purpose of producing new life

Question 16

Where is sperm produced?

Answer 16

In the testes

Question 17

What is a womb?

Answer 17

Where a fertilised egg grows into a baby

Question 18

What is the skeletal system?

Answer 18

All the bones and tissues, such as tendons, ligaments and cartilage

Question 19

What does the skeletal system provide?

Answer 19

Support, protection, blood cell production, movement and mineral storage

Question 20

What is the integumentary system made up of?

Answer 20

Skin, hair, nails, glands and nerves

Question 21

What is the main function of the integumentary system?

Answer 21

To act as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world

Question 22

What are the three layers of the skin?

Answer 22

Epidermis, dermis and hypodermis

Question 23

What is the brain?

Answer 23

The hub of the nervous system is made up of 100 billion nerve cells

Question 24

What is the nervous system?

Answer 24

A network of cells called neutrons which transmit information in the form of electrical signal

Question 25

What does the circulatory system do?

Answer 25

Moves blood and nutrients through the entire body

Question 26

What is blood made up of?

Answer 26

Plasma, white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets

Question 27

What do white blood cells do?

Answer 27

Fight disease

Question 28

What do red blood cells carry?

Answer 28

Oxygen, in the form of haemoglobin

Question 29

What do platelets cause?

Answer 29

The blood to clot

Question 30

What is blood the main mover of?

Answer 30

Oxygen, nutrients, heat and hormones needed for energy and growth to our tissues and organs

Question 31

What is lymph?

Answer 31

A clear, watery fluid that removes bacteria and certain proteins from the tissues and transports fat from the small intestine