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Name:____________________________Date:______________________Class:_______Human Body Systems Unit Test Study Guide:Directions: Write the answers to the following questions on a sheet of notebook paper! What is homeostasis? 2. Which body system that sends messages back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body? AND What are the cells of this system called?3. Which organ system makes blood cells?4.Which specific type of body tissue can contract or shorten?5. What are THREE (3) functions of the skeletal system?6. How do pairs of muscles work together? Describe. 7. How does the skin protect the body from disease? What is the strong connective tissue that holds joints together?What are the THREE (3) types of muscle tissue?Which types of muscle tissue(s) is striated?What carries needed materials including gases and nutrients around the body? (2) What are THREE (3) functions of the digestive system? What structures are inside the small intestine that enables the small intestine to absorb nutrients?What happens in the large intestine? What is the main purpose of the small intestine?What is peristalsis? In what part of the respiratory system does gas exchange occur? The respiratory system brings what substance to the body? What is the main function of the excretory system? What do kidneys do? What is excretion?When fertilization occurs, what is formed?Sperm are MADE in the:________________which are located in the ______________?Which cell structure directs the cell’s activities and houses genetic information? What specific type of muscle is only found in the heart? How does skin help to regulate body temperature? What are THREE (3) functions of the cardiovascular or circulatory system? What type of blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart? What is the main purpose/function of white blood cells? What is the process of the digestive system? Bile is produced in what organ? What does bile do?? In what organ is urine stored until the body is ready to release it?What is the term to describe the chemical process in which oxygen and glucose react to release energy in body cells? Why do we go through the process of cellular respiration?? What is the name of the small flap of tissue that seals off the trachea during swallowing? What are the bronchi? (& what do they look like?)When the nervous system makes you feel hungry or thirsty, what body process is it “helping” out?What is a change or signal in the environment that makes an organism react?What is the thick column of nervous tissue that links the brain to the nerves in the peripheral nervous system called? Pain is an important sensation. Why? It begins to rain. You close the window. What is your action called? 17621252571754314825247650552450057150Fill in the flow chart: Cells are grouped together to form ____________ ______________ __________________ ______________. What is the pigment melanin’s function in the skin? What does immunity do for the body? What type of cells are considered “diploid”? What does this mean? What type of cells are considered “haploid”? What does this mean?What are the THREE (3) types of blood vessels? During respiration, what is breathed in and what is breathed out? In which blood vessels are gases exchanged between blood and body cells?A group of similar cells that perform a similar functions is known as what?Paired up, which TWO (2) body systems fight viral infections like the flu?Which is the most complex level of organization in the human body? Movement is possible by which TWO (2) body systems working together? Which organs produce eggs in the female reproduction system? What are phagocytes and how do they help the body fight disease?What are somatic cells?What makes gametes and somatic cells different from each other? ................
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