Flashcards
Systems
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1Integumentary systemincludes:
-Hair
- Finger nails & Toe nails
- Skin & associated glands
Functions:
- Site of many sencory receptors
- Encloses many body structures
- Protects body - 2Skeletal SystemIncludes:
- Bone
- Cartrilage
- Joint
Functions:
- Supports the body
- Helps movement (with muscular system) - 3Muscular SystemIncludes:
- skeletal muscle
Functions:
- Maintains body temperature
- Enables movement (with skeletal system) - 4Nervous SystemIncludes:
- Brain
- Spinal chord
- Nerves
Functions:
- Detects & processes sensory information
- Activates bodily responces - 5Endocrine SystemIncludes:
- Pineal gland
- Pituitary gland
- Thyroid gland
- Adrenal gland
- Pancreas
- Thymus
- Ovaries
- Testies
Functions:
- Secrets hormones
- Regulates body processes - 6Cardiovascular SystemIncludes:
- Blood vessels
- Artery
- Veins
- Heart
Functions:
- Delivers oxygen to body systems
- Regulates body temperature - 7Digestive SystemIncludes:
- Mouth
- Salivatory glands
- Pharynx (throat)
- Esophagus
- Liver
- Stomach
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
- Small intestine
- Large intestine
- Anus
Functions:
- Processes food for use by body
- Removes waste from undigested food - 8Urinary SystemIncludes:
- Kidney
- Ureter
- Urinary bladder
- Urethra
Functions:
- Controls water balance in body
- Removes and excretes waste from blood - 9Reproductive System (male)Includes:
- Ductus (vas deferens)
- Seminal vesical
- Prostate
- Penis
- Testies
Functions:
- Produces sex hormones & gametes
- Delivers gametes to female - 10Reproductive System (female)Includes:
- Mammary gland
- Uterine (fallopian tube)
- Ovary
- Uterus
- Vagina
Functions:
- Produces sex hormones & gametes
- Grows & develops embryo/fetus until birth
- Provides milk to baby - 11Lymphatic SystemIncludes:
- Tonsil
- Thymus
- Spleen
- Thoracic duct
- Lymph node
- Lymphatic vessel
Functions:
- Returns fluid to body
- Protects against infection - 12Respitory SystemIncludes:
- Pharynx (throat)
- Larynx (voice box)
- Trachia (windpipe)
- Bronchus
- Lung
Functions:
- Removes cardon dioxide (CO2) from the body
- Provides oxygen to the blood
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- 11 systems & subsiquent functions of the body
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- Kyle Doehl
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