DSystems Quiz Check your understanding of all the systems in the body. This quiz covers everything from vocabulary to systems. miss_tee00 published on February 03, 2014 Stacked 1/19 What is the trachea? artery that carries blood tube that carries water from the throat to the lungs tube that carries air from the thoat to lungs 2/19 The respiratory system is know as what? flight system transportation system blood system 3/19 What is the job of the platelets? they are just there let cuts bleed out block a cut in a blood vessel 4/19 What is plasma? colorless fluid part of the blood colorless blood colorless fluid part of the body 5/19 What does a vein do? allows blood to flow in one direction a blood vessel that carries blood from the cells to the heart a thin artery 6/19 What is an artery? moves blood from the heart to all parts of the body fights disease clots cuts 7/19 What is a valve? opening that allows blood to flow in one direction a blood vessel that carries blood helps you breathe 8/19 What is the job of the white blood cell? rids the body of waste fights off disease known as tranportation 9/19 What does the urinary sytem do? rid the body of foods rid the body of blood rid the body of wastes 10/19 Where does digestion begin? Type answer. Hint: 9 characters 11/19 What is part of the repiratory system? Hint: 3 choices lungs blood vessels trachea bronchioles kidneys 12/19 What is part of the circulatory system? Hint: 3 choices heart air sacs blood vessels red/white blood cells green blood cells 13/19 What is the only part of the urinary system? Type answer. Hint: 11 characters 14/19 What is your esophagus? a tube in the heart that helps pump blood a tube in the lungs that helps breathe air a tube in the throat with rings of muscle that helps you swallow food 15/19 What are air sacs? hold air hold blood hold water 16/19 What does mucus do? slimey substance that does nothing slimey substance that helps you eat slimey substance that helps keep germs out of your body 17/19 What is part of the digestive system? Hint: 4 choices blood cells teeth esophagus trachea stomach intestines 18/19 Do the respiratory and circulatory systems work together? Type answer. Hint: 3 characters 19/19 What is a capillary? the biggest artery the thinest artery a regular artery