Chapter 2: Structure and function of body systems

Question 1

What are five levels of multicellular organisation?

Answer 1

Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Multicellular Organism

Question 2

What does the liver do?

Answer 2

Removes toxins (poisons from the blood) and produces bile to help digestion

Question 3

What do you breathe in and out?

Answer 3

You breathe in oxygen and you breathe out carbon dioxide

Question 4

What are the four main functions of the skeleton

Answer 4

To support the body, protect vital organs, help the body move and make blood cells (in bone marrow)

Question 5

What are three types of joints?

Answer 5

Hinge joints, ball and socket joints, fixed joints

Question 6

In a joint what is your bone protected by?

Answer 6

Cartilage

Question 7

What are you two bones held together by?

Answer 7

Ligaments

Question 8

What are three different types of muscle?

Answer 8

Cardiac (heart) muscle, smooth muscle, skeletal muscle

Question 9

What are muscles attached to bones by?

Answer 9

Tendons

Question 10

What are antagonistic muscles?

Answer 10

When a pair of muscles do the opposite job/ thing. Such as biceps and triceps