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| bones that give support and shape to body |
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| brain, spinal cord, and nerves that carry messages and controls senses |
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| muscles that are attached to and move bones |
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| skin, hair, and nails that help protect from injury and infection |
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| protects and fights against disease, illness, and helps heal injuries |
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| produces chemicals that regulate and control body functions |
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| turns food into nutrients |
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| moves waste materials out of the body |
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| carries oxygen into lungs, where it is transferred into the blood as well as removes carbon dioxide |
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| uses blood and blood vessels to move oxygen and nutrients to the cells |
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| the breaking down of food into smaller and smaller substances to be absorbed by body |
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| fluid that helps moisten and soften bolus |
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| portion of throat that connects mouth to digestive tube |
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| long, muscular tube lined with mucus |
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| digestive organ that squeezes food and mixes it with acidic juices |
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| coiled, tubular organ connected to stomach where most nutrients are absorbed |
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| numerous small bumps lining the inside of the small intestine |
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| thick, tubular organ that removes undigested waste |
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| widest part of the large intestine |
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| wave-like motion that pushes food through the esophagus into the stomach |
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| breathe in as diaphragm moves downward |
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| breathe out as diaphragm relaxes upward |
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| organs that fill with air and where exchange of gasses take place |
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| large, flat sheet of muscle that controls breathing |
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| strong tube that divides into two branches into lungs |
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| small, thin sacs at the end of each bronchus where gas exchange occurs |
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| branches of trachea inside of each lung |
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| muscular organ that pumps blood throughout body |
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| blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
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| blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart |
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| stopgate that makes sure blood does not flow back in wrong direction |
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| yellowish-clear liquid that makes up majority of blood and carries nutrients |
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| blood cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxied |
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| blood cells that fight germs |
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| blood cells that clump together to stop bleeding |
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| system specifically using kidneys, bladder, and urinary tract |
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| bean-shaped organs that filter waste out of blood |
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| liquid consisting of waste and excess water |
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| organ that breaks down toxins in the blood |
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| structure in kidney that separates waste from useful material in the blood |
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| organ that temporarily stores urine |
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| treatment that filters blood for those with kidney problems |
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| person who receives blood |
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