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The group of organs digests and breaks down food.
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Health 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The process of breaking down food. | Digestion |
| The group of organs digests and breaks down food. | Digestive system |
| Substances in food your body needs to function. | Nutrients |
| A liquid made by the mouth to break down and help digest food. | Saliva |
| The tube connecting your throat to your stomach. | esophagus |
| A thin, valvelike, cartilaginous structure that covers the glottis during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx | Epiglottis |
| Another word meaning throat. | Pharynx |
| The part where most digestion takes place. | small intestines |
| The last part of digestion where wastes are seperated into liquids and solids | large intestines |
| The part of the body that gets rid of solid waste. | Rectum |
| Tiny blood vessels that suck in nutrients. | Villi |
| The act of removing liquid waste from the body. | Excretion |
| The system involved in getting rid of liquid waste. | Urinary system |
| The part of the body that holds liquid waste until you have to urintate. | bladder |
| the membranous tube that extends from the urinary bladder to the exterior. | urethra |
| The act of removing liquid waste from the body. | urination |
| The part of the ureter that pushes urine out of the body. | Ureter |
| The part that filters any lquids that are good in waste. | kidneys |
| Liquid waste. | urine |
| Bacteria in urine. | nephrons |
| Taking waste out from the blood. | filtration |
| The system that regulates blood. | Circulatory System |
| A tissue made of plasma and cells. | blood |
| A liquid component of blood made of 90% water. | plasma |
| Cell fragments that help repair blood vessels. | platelets |
| A type of protein in cells. | Hemoglobin |
| Cells that carry oxygen through the body in blood. | red blood cells(Rbc) |
| Cells that kill bacteria and fight infection/ disease. | White blood cells(wbc) |
| Carries blood to the heart from the body. | arteries |
| Carry blood from the heart to the body. | veins |
| Where materials go into and leave the blood. | capillaries |
| The system that brings in oxygen and regulates it through the body and lets out carbon dioxide. | respiratory system |
| Sponge-like organs that allow oxygen into the body, and carbon dioxide out. | lungs |
| The tubes that allow air into the lungs | bronchi |
| The pipe oxygen/ carbon dioxide pass through | Trachea |
| A dome shaped muscle under the lungs. | Diaphragm |
| The sacs in which gasses move between blood. | Alveoli |
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