Give five examples of our body systems.
locomotor system, nervous system, digestive system, excretory system, circulatory system, respiratory system, male/female reproductive system
What does respiration mean?
Respiration is another word for breathing.
Can you name 4 parts of the respiratory system?
nose, mouth, trachea, bronchi, lungs, diaphragm, alveoli, bronchiole, capillaries
What is the muscle below the lungs called?
diaphragm
When we breath, what goes in and what comes out?
Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out
What are these?
Bronchioles, alveoli, capillaries
What is the system that moves blood around the body?
Circulatory system
What does blood do? Why is it important?
It carries oxygen, water and other nutrients to all the cells in the human body.
What are the main organs in the circulatory system?
The heart, blood vessels (veins, arteries and capillaries)
What are the four chambers of the heart? Can you explain how blood is pumped?
Deoxygenated blood enters through the right atrium, passes through the right ventricle, pumps into the lungs, then the oxygenated blood enters the left atrium..
What is the difference between veins and arteries?
Arteries carry oxygenated blood to the body. Veins carry blood back to the heart.
Do males and females have the same reproductive systems?
No!
Name four parts of the male reproductive system.
urethra, sperm ducts, scrotum, penis, testicles
Name four parts of the female reproductive system.
ovaries, uterus, Fallopian tubes, vulva, vagina
What is the female sex cell called? And the male sex cell?
Female - ova/ovum ; Male - sperm
Where does a baby develop before it is born?
Uterus
