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Warm Up Quiz #6

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What does your body use to send signals back and forth from your brain to other parts of your body?
A. Messengers
B. Bones
C. Nerves
D. Neurons
Messages are carried back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body by
A. respiratory tissue​
B. nervous tissue​
C. the circulatory system​
D. digestive tissue
A tendon is a
A. type of involuntary muscle.​
B. type of voluntary muscle.​
C. strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.​
D. contraction of a muscle that makes it shorter and thicker.
The brain is composed of many cells and different tissues. At what level of organization is the brain?
A. Cell
B. Tissue
C. Organ
D. Organ System
The part of the nervous system that contains your brain and spinal cord is called the​
A. peripheral nervous system
B. brain stem​
C. central nervous system​
D. somatic nervous system
The thick column of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system is the​
A. Brain
B. Spinal cord
C. Cerebellum
D. Cornea
A change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react is called a(an)​
A. Stimulus
B. Reaction
C. Impulse
D. Response
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called​ 
A. Veins
B. Arteries
C. Capillaries
D. Lymphatic Vessels
What is the main function of the circulatory system?​
A. To control and coordinate all the functions of the body​
B. To circulate nutrients, gases and waste around the body​     
C. To circulate nutrients in the digestive system ​
D. To move gages into and out of the lungs
Which of these is NOT a function of the cardiovascular system?​
A. transporting cells that attack disease-causing microorganisms ​
B. carrying oxygen, glucose, and other needed materials to cells
C. carrying waste products away from cells
D. controlling many body processes by means of chemicals
If a person’s blood lacked platelets, what process could not take place?​
A. carrying oxygen to cells
B. carrying glucose to cells
C. clotting of blood
D. transfusing of blood​
What happens to blood in the lungs?​
A. Oxygen and carbon dioxide enter the blood
B. Oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide leaves the blood​
C. Carbon dioxide enters the blood and oxygen leaves the blood​
D. Oxygen and carbon dioxide leave the blood
Blood that leaves the LEFT side of the heard is pumped to:​
A. the body
B. the lungs
C. the right side of the heart
D. none of the above
What branch of the nervous system receives information from the environment and relays commands to parts of the body?​
A. central nervous system​
B. autonomic nervous system​
C. somatic nervous system​
D. peripheral nervous system 
When the nervous system makes you feel hungry or thirsty, what body process is it helping to carry out?​
A. delivering oxygen to cells
B. maintaining homeostasis
C. moving the body ​
D. supporting the body
The somatic nervous system works with the skeletal system because​
A. it controls automatic responses​
B. it is in charge of bones​
C. it contains muscles​
D. it controls voluntary movements
Which two systems work together to enable you to bend your arm?​
A. Muscular and skeletal ​
B. Lymphatic and endocrine​
C. Circulatory and respiratory​
D. Integumentary and immune 
Which part of your nervous system is responsible for balance and coordination?​
A. Spinal cord​
B. Brain stem​
C. Cerebrum​
D. Cerebellum
Skeletal muscles must work in pairs because​
A. muscle cells can only contract​
B. muscle cells can only extend​
C. it takes two muscles to move a bone in one direction. ​
D. when muscles work in pairs, they tire less quickly. 
The muscles that you use to lift a book are ​
A. cardiac muscles. ​
B. involuntary muscles.
C. smooth muscles. ​
D. skeletal muscles.