Body Systems

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Med Tech Mind Map on Body Systems, created by the_jake12 on 11/06/2013.
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Mind Map by the_jake12, updated more than 1 year ago
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Body Systems
  1. Respiratory - supplies blood with oxygen
    1. Diaphragm - contracts and relaxes to open and close lungs
      1. Lungs - container for air
        1. Contains bronchi, bronchioles, and alvioli
        2. Trachea - passage that leads from mouth/nose to lungs
        3. Circulatory - circulates blood through body
          1. Veins - carry oxygen poor blood back to heart
            1. Arteries - carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart
              1. Capillaries - perform gas exchange between blood and tissue
                1. Heart - pump that circulates blood through the body
                2. Skeletal - provides structure, protection for organs, and stores calcium
                  1. Five shapes of bones
                    1. Long bones
                      1. Short bones
                        1. Flat bones
                          1. Irregular bones
                            1. Sesamoid bones
                          2. Nervous - internal communication system using electrical signals
                            1. Neurons
                              1. Sensory - signals from outside stmuli
                                1. Motor - takes brain info and turns it into muscle movement
                                2. Central nervous system - body's main processing unit - brain and spinal cord
                                  1. Peripheral nervous system - muscles, internal organs, glands
                                  2. Endocrine - glandular system that releases hormones for important bodily functions
                                    1. Pituitary gland - in charge of many important hormones, including growth
                                      1. Thyroid - controls metabolism
                                        1. Adrenal glands - regulate blood sugar and burning of proteins
                                          1. Testes - produce testosterone
                                            1. Ovaries - produce estrogen
                                            2. Sensory - senses the outer environment
                                              1. Sight - eyes
                                                1. Sound - ears
                                                  1. Smell - nose
                                                    1. Taste - tongue
                                                      1. Touch - nerves
                                                        1. Nerves are present on almost every part of the body, and can sense pressure, temperature, and pain
                                                        2. Sensory receptors send signal to brain which interprets the senses
                                                        3. Digestive - breaks down food for nutrients for the body, then excretes the waste
                                                          1. Esophagus - pushes food into stomach
                                                            1. Stomach - sack that food sits in to be broken down by acids
                                                              1. Jaws - physically breaks down food by chewing
                                                                1. Pancreas - secretes bile to break down fats
                                                                  1. Small intestine - absorbs nutrients from food
                                                                    1. Large intestine - where stool is stored before excretion
                                                                      1. Anus - where stool exits the body
                                                                      2. Urinary - removes liquid waste from blood
                                                                        1. Bladder - sack that stores urine
                                                                          1. Kidneys - filter the blood
                                                                            1. Urethra - carries urine outside of the body
                                                                              1. Ureters - carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder
                                                                              2. Integumentary - protects body from surroundings
                                                                                1. Epidermis - top layer of skin, protects and waterproofs
                                                                                  1. Dermis - second layer, contains nerves and blood vessels
                                                                                    1. Hypodermis - bottom layer of skin
                                                                                    2. Lymphatic/immune - removes pathogens from blood, produces white blood cells
                                                                                      1. Lymph - removes wastes between cells and destroys harmful bacteria and pathogens present in tissue
                                                                                        1. Lymphatic vessels - transports lymph
                                                                                          1. Lymph nodes - stores immunity cells and traps pathogens
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