Mr. Ford's Video - Chap 1: Organ Systems (NB!!)

Question 1

Integumentary System

Answer 1

• composed of skin, hair, nails, glands
• function: helps regulate the body temperature,
  protection, water volume control, eliminates some
  waste products, Vit D production, and sensation.

Question 2

Skeletal System

Answer 2

• composed of bones, joints & cartilage

- function: movement, postures & heat production

Question 3

Muscular System

Answer 3

• composed of the skeletal, smooth, cardiac muscles

- function: regulates body activity

Question 4

Nervous System

Answer 4

• composed - Brain (CNS), spinal cord (CNS)
• nerves to body parts (PNS)
  * cranial (brain to body)
  * spinal (spinal to body)
• function: regulates body activity

Question 5

Endocrine System

Answer 5

• composed: hormone-producing glands e.g. pituitary,
  thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal
• function: regulate body activity
• works slower than the nervous system, but very
  powerful

Question 6

Cardiovascular System

Answer 6

• composed: blood, blood vessels, heart

- function: transportation (oxygen, waste, etc.)

Question 7

Lymphatic System

Answer 7

• composed: lymph, lymph vessels, lymphatic tissue
• function: brings fluid back into the blood vessels,
  protection for the body.

Question 8

Respiratory System

Answer 8

• composed: lungs and accessory organs

- functions: transportation of gasses

Question 9

Urinary System

Answer 9

• composed: kidneys, bladder, ureters

- function: regulates chemical composition of the blood

Question 10

Digestive System

Answer 10

• composed: gastrointestinal tract, accessory structures
  (teeth, tongue)
• function: break down & absorption of useful subs from
  food

Question 11

Reproductive System

Answer 11

• composed: men - testes & penis, women - the uterus,
  ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, and vagina.
• function: major function is to ensure the survival of
  the species