Body Systems

Question 1

Digestive system

Answer 1

1. Ingestion
2. Digestion
3. Feces
   Major organs
   -mouth
   -esophagus
   -stomach
   -sm intestine
   -colon
   - rectum
   - anus
   - salivary glands
   - pancreas
   - liver
   -gall bladder

Question 2

Cardiovascular/circulatory system

Answer 2

1. Pump blood, transport materials from cell to cell 
Major organs 
-heart 
-veins 
-arteries 
-capillaries 
-RBC

Question 3

Nervous system

Answer 3

1. gather and interpret information
2. respond to info
3. assist/help maintain homeostasis/internal balance
   Major organs
   - brain
   - spinal cord
   - nerves/neurons (nerve cells)
   - hypothalamus (create/maintain homeostasis)

Question 4

Excretory system

Answer 4

1. Filter blood
2. Remove waste products from cellular metabolism (urea, carbon dioxide, water)
   Major organs
   -kidney
   -ureters
   -urethra
   -skin(sweat)
   -lungs(carbon dioxide)
   -liver (urea)
   -urinary bladder

Question 5

Respiratory system

Answer 5

1. breathe (take in  oxygen, breathe out carbon) 
Major organs 
-nose 
-trachea 
-lungs (bronchi,bronchitis, alveoli)

Question 6

Skeletal

Answer 6

• allows movement
• protects organs
• provides shape
• stores minerals
• helps create blood
• hematopolisis

Question 7

Muscular

Answer 7

1. Contraction 
Major organs 
- skeletal muscular 
- cardiac muscle 
- smooth muscle 
- tendons

Question 8

Endocrine

Answer 8

1. Regulate body activity with hormones
2. Slow, long lasting response
   Major organs
   - glands
   - hypothalamus
   - pituitary
   -adrenal
   - thyroid
   - parathyroid
   - Ovaries/testes
   - thymus

Question 9

Immune

Answer 9

1. Fight off invaders 
Major organs 
- WBC 
*t cells 
*b cells 
*macrophage 
-skin (biggest organ)

Question 10

Integumentary

Answer 10

1. Protection against infection
2. Regulate temp
3. Sweat (remove waste)
4. Protects against UV
5. Vitamin d synthesis
   Major organs
   - epidermis
   - dermis
   *sweat glands
   * sebaceous glands
   *hair follicles
   *blood vessels
   *nerves
   - hypodermics
   *subcutaneous

Question 11

Lymphatic

Answer 11

-remove toxins
-lymph= fluid with high number of WBC
Major organs
-lymph
-lymph vessels
- lymphnodes
-WBC

Question 12

Reproductive

Answer 12

1. Reproduce, prevent extinction 
Major organs 
-prostate 
-testis 
-penis 
-ovaries 
- uterus 
-vagina