2. Body systems Flashcards
musculoskeletal system - organs
cartilage ligaments bones tendons muscles
musculoskeletal system - function
to support the body,
to maintain body posture,
to protect organs,
to produce movement
circulatory system - organs
capillaries arteries veins heart blood
circulatory system - function
to transport nutrients around the body
to supply cells with oxygen
respiratory system - organs
alveoli
lungs
airways
respiratory system - function
to obtain oxygen from the air
to remove carbon dioxide from the body
digestive system - organs
mouth,
oesophagus
stomach
intestines
digestive system - function
to ingest food
to digest it and absord nutrients
nervous system - organs
neurons
brain
spinal cord
nervous system - function
to coordinate the activity of the other body systems
to adapt the body to the environment
urinary system - organs
kidneys
urethra
urinary bladder
ureters
urinary system - function
to excrete the waste products of metabolism in the form of urine
reproductive system - organs
uterus fallopian tubes ovaries testicles scrotum
reproductive system - function
to enable humans to have offspring
endocrine system - organs
glands (adrenals, gonads)
hormones
endocrine system - function
to control various body fuctions
to maintain homeostasis
integumentary system - organs
dermis - skóra właściwa sebaceous glands - gruczoły łojowe epidermis - naskórek hair hypodermis - tkanka podskórna
integumentary system - function
to cover and protect the body
to regulate temperature
jajowód
fallopian tube
jądro
testicle
moszna
scrotum
gruczoły łojowe
sebaceous glands
potomstwo
offspirng
mówienie o funkcji danego systemu
the function is to
the system is concerned with/ is involved in /respionsible for
the functions of the system include
kubki smakowe
taste buds
4 smaki
sweet
sour = kwaśny
salty
bitter = gorzki
średnia długość życia
average lifespan
pokonać odległość
cover a distance
codziennie
on the daily basis
maturity
= dojrzałość
a state or quality of being fully grown or developed
fluctuate (from… to…)
to be continually changing or varying in an irregular way
= oscillate
= wahać się, oscylować
embranchment
= rozgałęzienie, odgałęzienie
a branching out, as of a mountain range or river
krwinka
corpuscle
corpuscle
= krwinka
a protoplasmic particle or cell with a special function; esp., any of the erythrocytes or leukocytes that float in the blood, lymph, etc. of vertebrates
rozróżniać
distinguish
kość udowa
= femur
one of the largesr and strongest bones in the body, extending from hip joint down to knee joint
pęcherzyk jajnikowy
= follicle
pleminik
spermatozoon
pl spermatozoa
ovum
= komórka jajowa
the basic unit of female reproductive biology, each of which is composed of roughly spherical aggregations of cells found in the ovary
kosmek jelitowy
villus
pl villi
średnica
diameter
przekraczać
exceed
overrun
obciążenie osiowe
axial load
aparat słuchowy (też ten fizjologiczny)
hearing-aid
wywierać nacisk
exert
villi
increase the surface area available for absorption of nutrients
postrzeganie
perception
pęcherzyk płucny
air vesicle
alveolus (pl alveoli)
komórka jajowa
ovum
składać się na coś, tworzyć
make up
mocować
fix
attach
rozgałęziać się
branch out
pasmo włosów, kosmyk
strand of hair
skóra na głowie
scalp
groin
= inguinal region
private parts
= genitals; down there; privates
armpit
= axilla = pacha
penis
= wee wee, willie, pecker (wulgarnie)
fanny
= female genitals (wulgarnie)
backbone
= vertebral column
uterus
= womb, baby box
