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Organ System Flashcards

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Integumentary System is the…. (explain)

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It is the external covering of the body or the SKIN. It include the nails and the hair.
It waterproofs, cushions the body and protects the deeper tissues from injuries.
It produces vitamin D with the help of the sunlight and excretes salts (sweat) to regulate body temperature

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What alerts us to what’s happening outside the body that is located on our skin?

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Sensory Receptors

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What system does consists of bones, cartilages, and joints that supports the body and provides framework that the SKELETAL muscles use to cause movements

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Skeletal System

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4
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The Skeletal system also has____ functions,

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Protective

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5
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The hard substance of bones acts as a storehouse for ______

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Minerals

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6
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The ____ of the body has only one function, to contract or shorten. And when this happens, movement occur

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Muscles

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7
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What do you call the large, fleshy muscles attached to bones

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Skeletal muscles

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8
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It is commposed of specialized cells called muscles fibers and their predominant funnction is contractability. It is also an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, anc cardiac muscles

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Muscular system

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It is the body’s fast acting control system that consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and sensory receptors

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Nervous system

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The body must be able to respond to stimuli from outside the body like ___,___ and ___and inside the body like ___ or___.

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Outside the body - Light, Sound and Changes in temp
Inside the body - Decreases in oxygen or stretching of tissue

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The sensory receptors detect changes in ___ , ___ , ___, and___ via electrical signals called NERVE IMPULSES to the central nervous system to keep it updated on what’s happening.

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Temperature, pressure, light, or send messages

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12
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What is effectors?

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Muscles or glands that produces the secretions

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13
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What does the endocrine system controls?

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Body activities

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14
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Endocrine glands produces chemical molecules called the___?

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Hormones

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15
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Endocrine glands includes …. (State 9 glands)

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  1. Pituary
  2. Thyroid
  3. Parathyroids
  4. Adrenals
  5. Thymus
  6. Pancreas
  7. Pineal
  8. Ovaries (female)
  9. Testes (male)
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16
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The endocrine glands are not connected anatomically in the same way that the parts of the other organ systems are. What is something they have in common?

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Their similarities tho is that they all secrete hormones which regulates other structures

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17
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All the body functions are controlled by___ involving every cell in the body.

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Hormones

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18
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What are the things controlled by hormones?

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Growth
Reproduction
Use of nutrients by cells

19
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What are the 2 primary organs of the cardiovascular system?

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Heart and Blood Vessels

20
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Using blood as carrier, ____ delivers Oxygen, Nutrients, Hormones, and other substances to, and pick up wastes like carbon dioxide from cells near sites of exchange

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Cardiovascular system

21
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____ and ___ in the blood helps to protect the body from such foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and tumor cells

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White blood cells and Chemicals

22
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What are the organs that includes in the Lymphatic system?

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Lymphatic vessels
Lymph nodes
And other Lymphoid organs like Spleen and tonsils

23
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What part of the lymphatic system helps to cleanse the blood and houses WBC that is involved in immunity

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Lymph nodes and other Lymphoid organs

24
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What is the job of the respiratory system?

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Keep the body supplied with oxygen and to remove carbon dioxide

25
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Respiratory system consists of the ….. (State 6 parts of respiratory system)

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  1. Nasal passages
  2. Pharynx
  3. Larynx
  4. Trachea
  5. Bronchi
  6. Lungs
26
Q

Tiny air sacs in the lungs and gases are exchanged with the blood through its thin walls

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Alveoli

27
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A tube running through the body from mouth to anus

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Digestive system

28
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What are the organs of the digestive system?

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Oral cavity (mouth)
Esophagus
Stomach
Small & Large intestine
Rectum
Accessory organs (liver, salivary glands, pancreas)

29
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What is role of digestive system?

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Break down food and deliver the resulting nutrients to the blood for dispersal to the body organs and cells

30
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What is the main function of the digestive system?

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Absorb nutrients and reabsorb water

31
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What are the 11 organ system? (State 11)

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  1. Integumentary system - External covering of the skin
  2. Skeletal system - Protects and supports body organs, provides framework.
  3. Muscular system - Ables us to move through contraction
  4. Nervous system - Responds to internal and external changes through sensory glands
  5. Endocrine system - Glands secrete hormones that regulate processes like growth and reproduction
  6. Cardiovascular system - Blood vessels transpoort blood which carries oxygen, nutrients, and more
  7. Lymphatic system - Houses WBC that is involved in immunity
  8. Respiratory system - Keeps blood oxiginated and removes carbon dioxide
  9. Digestive system - Breaks down food into absorbable nutrients to enter blood for distributio to the cells
  10. Urinary system - Regulates water, electrolyte, and acid base balance of the food
  11. Reproductive system (Male & Female) - Produce sperm and egg cell and reproduce
32
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Undigested food that remains in the tract leaves the body as ___?

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Feces

33
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The ___ is considered a digestive organ because the Bile it produces helps to breakdown fats

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Liver

34
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This has both the endocrine and digestive function, it also delivers digestive enzymes to the small intestine. What organ is this?

A

Pancreas

35
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It removes the nitrogen containing wastes from blood and flushes them from the body in the form of urine

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Urinary system

36
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Urinary system is also called the _____ and it is composed ot the ___, ___, ___, ___.

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A. Excretory system
B. Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

37
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What are the other important functions of this system?

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Maintaining the body’s electrolyte balance (salt & water)
Regulates the acid base balance of the food to regulate normal blood pressure

38
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What do you call the system that has the role to produce offspring?

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Reproductive system

39
Q

What male part produces the sperm?

A

Testes

40
Q

Give 6 parts of the male reproductive system structures.

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Testes
Scrotum
Penis
Accessory glands
Duct system

41
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What does the female reproductive system produce?

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Egg cell or ova

42
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The female duct system consist of 3 parts, which are? (State all)

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Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina

43
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Where does the fetus developmental stage take place once fertilization happens?

A

Uterus

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