| A | B |
|---|
| Hard flexible tissue;your earlobe | cartilage |
| holds bones to bones | ligament |
| where two bones meet | joint |
| attach muscle to bones | tendons |
| muscles you can control | voluntary |
| muscles you can't control | involuntary |
| muscle found only in the heart | cardiac |
| tube that carries food to the stomach | esophagus |
| system that removes wastes | excretory system |
| carries blood away from the heart | artery |
| carries blood back to the heart | vein |
| microscopic blood vessels | capillaries |
| liquid part of the blood | plasma |
| fights infection | white blood cells |
| where urine is stored | urinary bladder |
| help your blood clot | platelets |
| curved muscle below rib cage | diaphragm |
| using oxygen to get energy from food | respiration |
| air sacs in lungs where O2 and CO2 are exchanged | alveoli |
| filter waste from blood | kidney |
| forms framework for body | skeletal system |
| helps you to move | muscular system |
| flap that keeps food from going to lungs | epiglottis |
| where food is absorbed | small intestine |
| exit for solid waste | anus |
| glands which produce saliva | salivary glands |
| outer layer of skin | epidermis |
| top chambers of heart | atria |
| bottom chambers of heart | ventricles |
| most important part of dig. system | small intestine |
| what gas your cells need | oxygen |
| waste gas your cells get rid of | carbon dioxide |
| circulation to heart tissues | coronary circulation |
| circulation to lungs and back to heart | pulmonary circulation |
| why blood vessels are red | contain oxygen |
| why blood vessels are blue | lack oxygen |
| gooey stuff in bones where blood cells are made | bone marrow |
| what gives skin color | melanin |
| sugars and starches | carbohydrates "carbs" |
| made of amino acids-eggs, milk, meat | protein |
