Body System Flashcards
Integumentary system
Skin,hair,nails
- protects, eliminate wastes, and help regulate body temperature.
Skeletal system
Bones,cartilage,ligaments
-supports body, protect organs, produces blood cells
Muscular system
Skeletal,cardiac and smooth muscle
- pumps the heart, help move materials through a digestive tract. Moves the body
Nervous system
Brain,spinal cords and peripheral nerves, sensory receptors
- interpret sensory input, directs body movements, includes memories, emotions and congnition
Cardiovascular system
Heart,blood vessel
- transport oxygen and nutrients to the body cells and remove waste products
Respiratory
Lungs,trachea and pharynx, nasal passage
- delivers oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the body
Lymphatic system
Lymph nodes,thymus, spleen
-returns body fluids to the blood stream
Digestive system
Stomach, intestines, esophagus
- breaks down foods for absorption of nutrients by the body
Urinary system
Kidney, bladder
- removes nitrogen-containing wastes from blood
Reproductive system
Men- testes,scrotum and penis
Female- ovaries uterus and vagina
- enables producing for offsprings
Endocrine
Secretes hormones
- thyroid, pancreas, pituitary gland
