Anatomy unit 1

Receives impulses and sends out chemical signals via neurotransmitters

Nervous

Provides body movement and is major source of body heat

muscular

Distributes gasses, nutrients, and hormones throughout the body, while moving wastes from the cells

Circulatory

Removes wastes from the blood and helps to maintain water and electrolyte balance

Urinary

Moves air into and out of lungs, and the exchanges O2 and CO2 between the blood and air

Respiratory

Produces new organisms

Reproductive

Consists of all glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones

Endocrine

Protects underlying tissues, helps regulate body temperature

Integumentary

Receives, breaks down, and absorbs nutrients, and excretes wastes

Digestive

Supports and protects soft tissues, provides frameworks, stores inorganic salts, and houses tissues that produce blood cells

Skeletal

Drains excess tissue fluid and returns it to the bloodstream, helps defend the body against infection

Lymphatic

The ovary is a part of the following two body systems

Reproductive & endocrine

Isotopes are elements with the same number of ___ but different number of ____

Electrons, neutrons

The organic compounds that function in building tissues and acting as enzymes

Proteins

Most important as a fuel source for energy production

Carbohydrates

Needed to build cell membranes

Lipids

Includes elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous

Nucleic Acids

Steroids are included in this category

Lipids

Monomers are fatty acids and glycerol

Lipids

Monomers are monosaccharides

Carbohydrates

Monomers are amino acids

Proteins

Monomers are nucleotides

Nucleic Acids

Used primarily to store energy for cellular activities

Lipids

Makes up antibodies in the immune system

Proteins