1. Body Systems
Chapters 35, 38, & 39

2. How does the excretory system help to maintain homeostasis?
Question:
How does the excretory system help to maintain homeostasis?

3. Answer:
By removing wastes

4. What system is the pituitary gland a part of?
Question:
What system is the pituitary gland a part of?

5. Answer:
Endocrine system

6. Question:
What is structure E?
What is its function?

7. Produces hormones (insulin) to regulate blood sugar
Answer:
Pancreas
Produces hormones (insulin) to regulate blood sugar

8. What materials (2) are removed from the blood through dialysis?
Question:
What materials (2) are removed from the blood through dialysis?
Be specific!

9. Answer:
Urea
Excess salts

10. What is the function of the endocrine system?
Question:
What is the function of the endocrine system?

11. Releases hormones into the bloodstream
Answer:
Releases hormones into the bloodstream

12. Which gland produces epinephrine and norepineprine?
Question:
Which gland produces epinephrine and norepineprine?

13. Answer:
Adrenal gland

14. Question:
What is the process by which organ systems maintain a relatively constant internal and external environment?

15. Answer:
Homeostasis

16. Which structures release neurotransmitters?
Question:
Which structures release neurotransmitters?

17. Answer:
Vesicles

18. Question:
What is the smallest structural and functional unit of the nervous system?

19. Answer:
Neuron

20. Question:
If the axon is part of a motor neuron, to what cell are the impulses being passed?

21. Answer:
Muscle cell or
gland cell

22. Between what ages does puberty usually begin?
Question:
Between what ages does puberty usually begin?

23. Answer:
9-15 years old

24. Question:
What is the soft, partially digested mixture of food that is found in the stomach?

25. Answer:
Chyme

26. Question:
What division of the nervous system regulates activities that are under conscious control?

27. Somatic Nervous System
Answer:
Somatic Nervous System

28. In what direction with the impulse travel?
Question:
In what direction with the impulse travel?

29. Answer:
From axon to dendrite
of adjacent neuron

30. Into what areas do the neurotransmitters diffuse?
Question:
Into what areas do the neurotransmitters diffuse?

31. Answer:
Synaptic cleft

32. Question:
After neurotransmitters are released from the cell surface, what happens to the neurotransmitters?

33. Answer:
Recycled or
broken down
by enzymes

34. What passage carries food between the pharynx and the stomach?
Question:
What passage carries food between the pharynx and the stomach?

35. Answer:
Esophogus

36. Dialysis performs the function of the _____?
Question:
Dialysis performs the function of the _____?

37. Answer:
Kidneys

38. Question:
What is structure D?

39. Answer:
Stomach

40. What are the 4 basic tissues in the human body?
Question:
What are the 4 basic tissues in the human body?

41. Answer:
Muscle
Nervous
Connective
Epithelial

42. What are 5 major structures that are part of the digestive system?
Question:
What are 5 major structures that are part of the digestive system?

43. Answer: Mouth Esophagus Stomach Small & large intestines
Salivary glands
Pancreas
Live
Gallbladder

44. What structures control the level of calcium in the blood?
Question:
What structures control the level of calcium in the blood?

45. Answer:
Parathyroid glands

46. Question:
What is structure G?
What is its function?

47. Absorbs nutrients using villi
Answer:
Small intestines
Absorbs nutrients using villi

48. In what structure do filtration and reabsorption occur?
Question:
In what structure do filtration and reabsorption occur?
What number structure is this?

49. Kidney #1 Answer: Nephron- parts includes renal vein, glomerulus
and Bowman’s capsule
Does NOT include urethra

50. What structure is the cerebellum?
Question:
What structure is the cerebellum?

51. Answer: #5

52. What are the 4 levels of organization in the body?
Question:
What are the 4 levels of organization in the body?

53. Answer:
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Organ systems

54. Question:
What is structure C?
What is its function?

55. Answer:
Liver
Produces bile

56. Question:
What structure releases 9 hormones and regulates other endocrine glands?

57. Answer:
Pituitary gland

58. Question:
What structure is the control center for recognition and analysis of hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature?

59. Answer:
Hypothalamus

60. What is the function of the cerebrum?
Question:
What is the function of the cerebrum?

61. Controls the conscious activities of the body
Answer:
Controls the conscious activities of the body

62. What is the function of a neurotransmitter?
Question:
What is the function of a neurotransmitter?

63. To transmit nerve impulses across synapses
Answer:
To transmit nerve impulses across synapses

64. What structure is responsible for voluntary activities of the body?
Question:
What structure is responsible for voluntary activities of the body?

65. Answer:
#1 the cerebrum

66. What is the main function of the parathyroid glands?
Question:
What is the main function of the parathyroid glands?

67. The parathyroid glands regulate the amount of calcium in the blood.
Answer:
The parathyroid glands regulate the amount of calcium in the blood.

68. What is one of the roles of the pancreas in nutrition?
Question:
What is one of the roles of the pancreas in nutrition?

69. Answer:
Neutralizes acids

70. Question:
Which system coordinates the body’s response to changes in its internal and external environments?

71. Answer:
Nervous System

72. What are 2 important functions of the large intestines?
Question:
What are 2 important functions of the large intestines?

73. Waste passes through into the rectum
Answer:
Waste passes through into the rectum
Water is extracted from digested food

74. What are the 2 divisions of the peripheral nervous system?
Question:
What are the 2 divisions of the peripheral nervous system?

75. Answer:
Somatic and motor

76. Question:
What is structure B?

77. Answer:
Esophagus

78. Where does the process of chemical digestion begin?
Question:
Where does the process of chemical digestion begin?

79. Answer:
Mouth

80. What is the name of structure 4?
Question:
What is the name of structure 4?

81. Spinal cord or brain stem
Answer:
Spinal cord or brain stem