3.2

Question 1

Your organ systems are described as being “interdependent “ which means your organ systems…

Answer 1

Depend on each other

Question 2

Which is not a function of your skeletal system?

Answer 2

To move substances through your body

Question 3

What organ system are involved in making hairs on your arms raise?

Answer 3

Integumentary, nervous & muscular

Question 4

Juvenile diabetes is a disease caused by loss of the insulin producing cells in an organ called the pancreas. This is a disease of which organ system?

Answer 4

Endocrine

Question 5

This organ system carries out three interrelated functions: removal of excess body fluids; transport of fat to the circulatory system; and the production of immune cells.

Answer 5

Lymphatic

Question 6

There is another organ system not mentioned in your textbook. Use the hints to guess what it is: this system consists of internal and external organs and tissues. The endocrine system closely regulates this system. Our species would not carry on without this system. Your chromosomal makeup determines whether you are male or female.

Answer 6

Reproductive

Question 7

Which organ is part of your excretory system?

Answer 7

Kidneys

Question 8

Many older women suffer from a disease of this organ system, which is characterized by reduced bone density and therefore an increased risk of fractures.

Answer 8

Skeletal

Question 9

What is NOT a component of the integumentary system?

Answer 9

Salivary gland

Question 10

Delicate nerve cells in your inner ear transmit sound impulses to your brain, where the impulses are translated into what you hear. This is a part of which system?

Answer 10

Nervous