GEN BIO 2 MIDTERMS ORGAN SYSTEMS

11 Organ Systems 

  1. Integumentary System 

  • Protect against injury, infection, and fluid loss.

  • Provide structure and support.

  • Skin, nails, hair 

  1. Muscular system 

  • Moves limbs and trunk

  • Provide structure and support

  • skeletal

  • smooth

  • Cardiac muscular tissues

  1. Skeletal system 

  • Protects and supports the body and organs

  • Interacts with skeletal muscles

  • Bones

  • joints 

  1. Digestive system 

  • Extracts and absorbs nutrients from food

  • Removes wastes

  • Maintains water and chemical balances

  • Mouth 

  • Esophagus

  • Stomach 

  • Liver

  • Pancreas

  • Intestines 

  1. Excretory system 

  • Removes wastes from the blood

  •  Regulates concentration of body fluid

  • Kidney 

  • Ureters

  • Urinary bladder

  • Urethra 

  1. Endocrine System 

  • Regulates body temperature, metabolism, development, and reproduction

  • Maintains homeostasis (balanced external and internal temperature)

  • Regulate other organ systems.

  • hypothalamus

  • pituitary

  • thyroid

  • parathyroid

  • pineal body

  • adrenal glands

  • pancreas

  • testes & ovaries