Functions Flashcards
What is the respiratory systems function?
Provides oxygen and removes carbon from the body
Which system provides oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide from the body?
Respiratory System
Which system carries nutrients and removes waste cells from the body
Circulatory system
What does the circulatory system do
Carries nutrients and removes waste cells from the body
What system maintains homeostasis and initiates/controls major body changes
- digestion
- metabolism
- heart rate
- water balance
Endocrine system
What does the endocrine system do
Maintains homeostasis and intimates major body controls (heart rate)
Which system processes and carries out responses to external and internal stimuli
Nervous system
What is the function of the nervous system
Processes and carries out responses to internal and external stimuli
Which system concerts food into simple molecules that can be used by the body
Digestive
What does the digestive system do
Converts food into simple molecules that can be used by the body
Which system protects the body from disease
Immune
What does the immune system do
Protects the body from disease
Which system works with the skeletal system to carry out movement, move blood and food through the body, breathing
Muscular
What does the muscular system do
Works with the skeletal system to carry out movement, move blood and food through the body, and breathe
What system supports the body, protects internal organs, aids muscular system, stores minerals, and is the site of red and white blood cell production
Skeletal system
What does the skeletal system do
Protects the internal organs, supports body, aids muscular system movement, stores minerals, and is the site of red and white blood cell movement
What system eliminates waste products from the body and maintains homeostasis in the blood
Excretory system
What does the excretory system do
Eliminates waste from the body and maintains homeostasis in the blood
What is homeostasis
(Regulation)
-maintaining constant internal conditions
Ex) sweating shivering
What is another word for regulation
Homeostasis
What is the word for maintains constant internal conditions
Homeostasis and regulation
