Ch1 Body Systems Flashcards
1) forms external body covering
2) synthesizes vitamin D
3) location of pain, pressure, thermoreceptors
integumentary system
1) protects/supports body organs
2) levers for muscle movement
3) blood cell formation
4) mineral storage
skeletal system
1) movement
2) facial expression
3) posture
4) produces heat
muscular system
1) fast-acting control
2) respondes to internal/external changes by activating appropriate muscles or glands
nervous system
1) glands secrete hormones that regulate body processes
endocrine system
1) blood vessels transport oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and wastes throughout body
cardiovascular system
1) picks up leaked fluid from blood vessels - returns it to blood
2) houses white blood cells involved in immunity
lymphatic system
involved in gas exchage between lungs/atmosphere and lungs/blood
repiratory system
1) breaks down food into absorbable molecules
2) eliminates foodstuff wastes
digestive system
1) eliminates nitrogen-containing wastes from body
2) regulates water balance
urinary system
produces reproductive cells and offspring
reproductive system
