11 Organ System Flashcards
Familiarization of organ system
Made up of blood vessels that carry blood away from and towards the heart.
Circulatory System
The circulatory system carries _______
oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells, and removes waste products, like carbon dioxide.
Plays the breaking down and absorbing food for your body to get the nutrients
Digestive System
Large intestines absorbs ______
water
Small intestines absorbs
nutrients
It is made up of several organs called glands.
Endocrine System
What is located all over your body that create and secrete (release) hormones?
Glands
What is a hormone?
Chemicals that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues.
What excretes waste from the blood?
Kidneys
What system has the function of excretion and the bodily process of discharging wastes?
Excretory/Urinary System
What organ system consist the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands?
Integumentary System.
What do you call the clear fluid from blood plasma that surrounds the cell?
Lymph
Lymphatic/Immune System function
It collects, filters, and returns the lymph to the blood.
It’s system’s major role is to help with immune function. To keep our body safe against pathogens.
Lymphatic/Immune System
The system’s predominant function is contractibility.
Muscular System
