Organ Systems (Table 1.3)

Vocabulary flashcards covering the major organ systems and their functions from Table 1.3.

Integumentary System

Protects tissues, regulates body temperature, supports sensory receptors. and includes skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.

Skeletal System

Includes bones, ligaments, and cartilages. Provides a framework, protects soft tissues, attachments for muscles, produces blood cells, and stores inorganic salts.

Muscular System

Includes muscles. Causes movements, maintains posture, and produces body heat.

Nervous System

Includes brain, spinal cord, nerves, sense organs. Detects changes, processes sensory information, and stimulates muscles and glands.

Endocrine System

Glands that secrete hormones; controls metabolic activities of body structures (e.g., pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries, testes, pineal gland, thymus).

Cardiovascular System

Moves blood through the heart and vessels and transports substances throughout the body. includes heart, arteries, capillaries and veins.

Lymphatic System

Returns tissue fluid to the blood, carries certain absorbed food molecules, and defends the body against infection. Includes lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, thymus, and spleen.

Digestive System

Receives, breaks down, and absorbs food; eliminates unabsorbed material (major organs include mouth, tongue, teeth, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and intestines).

Respiratory System

Intake and output of air; exchange of gases between air and blood. major organs include nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs.

Urinary System

Removes wastes from the blood and maintains water and electrolyte balance. major organs include kidneys, uterus, urinary bladder, urethra.

Reproductive System

Male and female systems for producing and maintaining sex cells; male: produce and transfer sperm; female: produce oocytes, receive sperm, support embryo, and birth.

Reproductive system major organs include

man: penis, urethra

female: vagina, ovaries, uterus