7th -- Helath Test
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- System in which a group of tough tissues that make your body parts move.
- muscular system
- The action that your muscle does when it tightens or becomes shorter.
- contract
- Kind of muscles that move food through the digestive system.
- smooth muscles.
- Kind of muscle which is only found in the heart.
- cardiac muscle
- The action that your muscle does when it stretches and lengthens.
- extends
- System in which organs change food into nutrients for the cells to use.
- digestive system
- The organ in which most of the digestion takes place.
- small intestine
- The act of removing liquid wastes from the body.
- excretion
- The substance containing enzymes that start the digestion of foods.
- saliva
- The large intestine.
- colon
- A group of cells or an organ, that releases a chemical substance.
- gland
- The master gland.
- pituitary gland
- A muscle cramp can be relieved by
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massaing the muscle
stretching the muscle
applying heat to the muscle - The muscle tissue in which we have complete control over?
- skeletal
- Liquid waste is stored in what organ of the body before being excreted?
- bladder
- The primary job of the hormones in your endocrine system is to
- regulate body functions
- The adrenal gland helps your body respond to
- stress
- Your adrenal gland releases the hormone
- adrenaline
- Which gland is located at the base of the brains?
- pituitary gland
- In the digestive system flow chart, what comes after the esophagus?
- stomach
- he pancreas is part of the endocrine system as well as the
- digestive system
- What are the 3 forms that waste come in?
- solids, liquids, and gases
- There are over ______ muscles in the human body.
- 600
- What movement does the tricep allow you to perform?
- straightens arm at the elbow
- What movement does the pectoralis major allow your body to perform?
- move are across body and chest
- Pain and swelling in a muscle that occurs from a muscle being overstretched is what type of muscle injury?
- strained muscle
- Responsibilities your muscles have in your body
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moves bones
pump blood
move food through digestive system
controlling air in and out to the lungs