Lesson 1B (Part 1)

Question 1

How many systems are there in the body?

Answer 1

11

Question 2

What are the systems in the body? (11)

Answer 2

1. Skeletal
2. Muscular
3. Nervous
4. Circulatory
5. Respiratory
6. Digestive
7. Excretory/Urinary
8. Reproductive
9. Endocrine
10. Lymphatic
11. Integumentary

Question 3

What does the skeletal system provide? (4)

Answer 3

1. Shape
2. Protection for organs
3. Support
4. Movement

Question 4

What makes up the skeletal system?

Answer 4

Bones

Question 5

What does the skeletal system help to do? (2)

Answer 5

1. Produce blood cells

2. Store minerals

Question 6

Axial (2)

Answer 6

1. Spine

2. Thorax

Question 7

Appendicular

Answer 7

Extremities

Question 8

What does the muscular system help with?

Answer 8

Movement

Question 9

What makes up the muscular system?

Answer 9

Muscles

Question 10

What are the 3 types of muscles?

Answer 10

1. Skeletal muscles
   - voluntary
2. Smooth muscles
   - non voluntary
3. Cardiac muscles
   - non voluntary

Question 11

What are 2 examples of smooth muscles?

Answer 11

1. Lining of the digestive track

2. Lungs

Question 12

What does the nervous system do?

Answer 12

It is the communication network

- sends electrical signals

Question 13

What makes up the nervous systems? (3)

Answer 13

1. Brain
2. Spinal cord
3. Nerves

Question 14

How does the nerve path work? (3)

Answer 14

1. Needs a sensory input
   - stimulus
2. Integrates the information
3. Motor response/output
   - activate/effector organ

Question 15

What are the 2 nervous systems?

Answer 15

1. Central
   - brain and spinal
2. Peripheral
   - everything else

Question 16

What does the circulatory system do?

Answer 16

It carries oxygen, nutrients and CO2 around the body

- acts as a highway

Question 17

What is the circulatory made up of? (5)

Answer 17

1. Heart
2. Arteries
3. Veins
4. Capillaries
5. Blood

Question 18

What does the respiratory system do?

Answer 18

Exchanges gases

• CO2 and O2
• takes in O2 and gets rid of CO2

Question 19

What makes up the respiratory system? (8)

Answer 19

1. Lungs
2. Nose
3. Trachea
4. Alveoli
5. Mouth
6. Pharynx
7. Larynx
8. Bronchi/bronchioles

Question 20

What does the digestive system do? (2)

Answer 20

1. Absorbs nutrients
2. Excretion
   - gets rid of things no longer needed

Question 21

What makes up the digestive system? (5)

Answer 21

1. Pancreas
2. Stomach
3. Liver
4. Mouth
5. Gall bladder

Question 22

What does the urinary system do? (2)

Answer 22

1. Excretes waste

2. Maintains pH balance, volume and regulates blood pressure for homeostasis

Question 23

What makes up the urinary system? (4)

Answer 23

1. Kidneys
2. Bladder
3. Urethra
4. Ureters

Question 24

What does the reproductive system do? (2)

Answer 24

1. Females release eggs, carry them and get fertilized

2. Males produce sperm in order to fertilize

Question 25

What makes up the reproductive system? (8)

Answer 25

1. Ovaries 2. Testis 3. Fallopian tubes 4. Vas deferens 5. Prostate 6. Scrotum 7. Vagina 8. Penis

Question 26

What does the endocrine system do?

Answer 26

Controls functions of the body through hormones

Question 27

What makes up the endocrine system? (9)

Answer 27

1. Pancreas 2. Thyroid 3. Pituitary gland 4. Parathyroid 5. Adrenal glands 6. Ovaries 7. Testis 8. Pineal gland 9. Hypothalamus

Question 28

What are hormones?

Answer 28

They are chemical messages that tell you body to do something

Question 29

Where does the endocrine gland release hormones/fluids?

Answer 29

Directly into the blood

Question 30

Where do exocrine glands secrete hormones/fluids? (3)

Answer 30

1. Tears 2. Salivary glands 3. Sweat glands

Question 31

What does the lymphatic system do?

Answer 31

Acts as an immune protector - first line of defence - white blood cells

Question 32

What makes up the lymphatic system? (8)

Answer 32

1. Lymph nodes 2. Tonsils 3. Spleen 4. Thymus 5. Appendix 6. Adenoids 7. Lymph fluid 8. Lymph vessels

Question 33

What does the integumentary system do? (3)

Answer 33

1. Serves as protection - eg) eyelashes keep out dirt 2. First line of defence against bacteria 3. Assists in maintaining homeostasis - regulates body temp and water balance

Question 34

What makes up the integumentary system? (4)

Answer 34

1. Skin 2. Hair 3. Nails 4. Exocrine glands