Chapter 1: 11 body systems and what they do. Flashcards

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What are the 11 body systems?

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1) Integumentary
2) Skeletal
3) Muscular
4) Nervous
5) Endocrine
6) Cardiovascular
7) Lymphatic
8) Respiratory
9) Digestive
10) Urinary
11) Reproductive

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What does the integumentary system do?

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Protects body, waterproofs it, regulates body temperature. Has temperature, pressure, and pain receptors.

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What does the integumentary system consist of?

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Skin

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What does the skeletal system consist of?

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Bones, cartilages, ligaments, and joints.

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What does the skeletal system do?

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Framework for movement, protects, formation of blood cells, storehouse for minerals.

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What does the muscular system consist of?

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Skeletal muscles

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What does the muscular system do?

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Contract

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What does the nervous system consist of?

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Brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory receptors.

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What does the nervous system do?

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Body’s vast acting control system. Responds to changes inside and outside the body. EX- Temperature, sound, light, or stretching of muscles, or decrease in oxygen.

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What does the endocrine system contain?

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Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, thymus, pancreas, pineal, ovaries (in females), testes (in men). They are not connected anatomically.

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What does the endocrine system do?

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Slow acting control system. Releases hormones that travel to relatively distant organs. Growth, reproduction, and food used by cells are all controlled by the endocrine system.

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What does the cardiovascular system contain?

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Heart and blood vessels.

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What does the cardiovascular system do?

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Carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other substances to and from the tissue cells.

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What does the lymphatic system contain?

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Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, and other lymphoid organs such as the spleen and tonsils.

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What does the lymphatic system do?

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Returns fluid leaked from blood vessels back to them. Also help clean blood and house cells involved in immunity.

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What does the respiratory system contain?

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Consists of nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.

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What does the respiratory system do?

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Transports gasses to and from the blood through thin walls of air sacs. (ex of gasses- Co2 and H2o)

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What does the digestive system consist of?

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Oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, and rectum. (Accessory organs- liver, salivary glands, pancreas, and others)

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What does the digestive system do?

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Breaks down food and delivers products to the blood. Undigested food is expelled from body. Also reclaims water.

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What does the reproductive organs contain?

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Scrotum, penis, accessory system for men. Ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, and vagina.