Body systems Flashcards

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Integumentary system

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External body covering, protects what’s outside

Examples : skin

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Skeletal system

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Projects and supports organs, provides framework for muscles,make blood cells, store minerals
Examples : joint, bones

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Muscular system

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Allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expression, maintains posture
Example;: skeletal muscles

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Nervous system

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Responds to internal and external changes

Examples: brain, spinal cord, nerves

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Endocrine

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Secret hormones that regulate growths, reproduction, and metabolism
Examples :thyroid gland

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Cardiovascular system

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Blood vessels transport blood which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, etc.
Examples: heart, blood vessels

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Lymphatic system

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Picks up fluid lakes from blood vessels and returns it to blood,disposes of debris in the stream
Examples : lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils

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Respiratory system

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Keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
Examples: nasal cavity,pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs

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Digestive system

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Break down food into absorbable units eliminates indigestible foods
Example : kidney, ureter, urinary, bladder, urethra

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Reproductive system

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Overall function to produce offspring

Examples: vagina penis

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List in order levels of structural organization

  1. organ level 2. Cellular level 3. Tissue level 4. Organ system level
  2. Organism level 5. Chemical level
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Chemical level, cellular level, tissue level, organ level, organ system level, organism level

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