Body Systems 

Integumentary system- Forms the body’s external covering; protects deeper tissue from injury; helps regulates body temp.

  • hair, skin, and nails
  • protects and secretes
  • organ- skin
  • tissue- sweat glands

Skeletal system- protects and supports body organs; provides a framework the muscles use to cause movement; stores minerals

  • bones and joints
  • tissue- bone marrow
  • cells- osteocytes
  • no organs

Muscular system- moves the body and moves substances around the body; maintains posture; produces heat

  • skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle
  • organs- heart, and cardiac muscle

Nervous system- responds to internal and external changes by acting appropriate response; process info

  • Brain, spinal cord, nerves, sensory receptors
  • organs- brain and eyes
  • tissue- spinal cord
  • nerve- neurons cells

Cardiovascular system- pumps blood around the body; transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste.

  • heart, blood vessels (veins, arteries, and capillaries)
  • organ- heart
  • tissue-blood and vessels
  • cells- erythrocyte

Respiratory system- assists with gas exchange w the external environment; keep blood supplied w oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

  • nasal cavity, trachea, lungs, bronchus
  • organs-lungs
  • tissue-trachea
  • cells-alveoli

Lymphatic and Immune System- filter fluid from the body; mounts the attack against foreign substances in the body

  • lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, bone marrow
  • tissue- bone marrow(produces white blood cells)and spleen
  • organ- spleen
  • cell- lymphocyte

Digestive System-breaks down food into its nutrients molecules; absorbs nutrients, rids the body of wtse

  • oral cavity, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine, stomach
  • organs-stomach and intestines
  • tissue- esophagus, and tongue
  • cells- taste buds

Urinary system- eliminates waste from the body; regulates water balance of the blood

  • kidney, bladder, ureter, urethra
  • organ- kidney
  • tissue-bladder

Endocrine system- secretes hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and metabolism by body cells.

  • testis, adrenal gland, pituitary gland, ovary
  • organ- adrenal glands, pancreas- insulin

Reproductive system- to produce, transport, and sustain sperm and egg cells; to nurture the developing offspring

  • vagina, ovaries, uterus
  • penis, testes, prostate
  • tissue-testes and ovaries
  • cells- sperm and ovum

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- left side oxygenated

- right side deoxygenated

right side pumps blood to lungs (deoxygenated)

left side pumps blood to the body, receives oxygenated blood from lungs

4 chambers in the heart

valves work to keep blood flowing forwards

veins to heart artery (a)way from heart

largest vein- inferior vena cava

capillaries- non-elastic walls, carry blood to heart, blood vessels, small, thin walls, connect arteries and veins

pulmonary artery- the only artery that doesn’t carry oxygenated blood

veins- prevent back-flow blood, exchange gases, and nutrients between blood and body cells

aorta- largest artery

lungs-pulmonary

heart-cardiovasucular

rest of system-systemic

valve- flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backward

synapse-a junction at which a neuron meets another cell

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