Organ System Flashcards
Integumentary System is the…. (explain)
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
What alerts us to what’s happening outside the body that is located on our skin?
Sensory Receptors
What system does consists of bones, cartilages, and joints that supports the body and provides framework that the SKELETAL muscles use to cause movements
Skeletal System
The Skeletal system also has____ functions,
Protective
The hard substance of bones acts as a storehouse for ______
Minerals
The ____ of the body has only one function, to contract or shorten. And when this happens, movement occur
Muscles
What do you call the large, fleshy muscles attached to bones
Skeletal muscles
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
Muscular system
It is the body’s fast acting control system that consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and sensory receptors
Nervous system
The body must be able to respond to stimuli from outside the body like ___,___ and ___and inside the body like ___ or___.
Outside the body - Light, Sound and Changes in temp
Inside the body - Decreases in oxygen or stretching of tissue
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.
Temperature, pressure, light, or send messages
What is effectors?
Muscles or glands that produces the secretions
What does the endocrine system controls?
Body activities
Endocrine glands produces chemical molecules called the___?
Hormones
Endocrine glands includes …. (State 9 glands)
- Pituary
- Thyroid
- Parathyroids
- Adrenals
- Thymus
- Pancreas
- Pineal
- Ovaries (female)
- Testes (male)
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?
Their similarities tho is that they all secrete hormones which regulates other structures
All the body functions are controlled by___ involving every cell in the body.
Hormones
What are the things controlled by hormones?
Growth
Reproduction
Use of nutrients by cells
What are the 2 primary organs of the cardiovascular system?
Heart and Blood Vessels
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
Cardiovascular system
____ and ___ in the blood helps to protect the body from such foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and tumor cells
White blood cells and Chemicals
What are the organs that includes in the Lymphatic system?
Lymphatic vessels
Lymph nodes
And other Lymphoid organs like Spleen and tonsils
What part of the lymphatic system helps to cleanse the blood and houses WBC that is involved in immunity
Lymph nodes and other Lymphoid organs
What is the job of the respiratory system?
Keep the body supplied with oxygen and to remove carbon dioxide
Respiratory system consists of the ….. (State 6 parts of respiratory system)
- Nasal passages
- Pharynx
- Larynx
- Trachea
- Bronchi
- Lungs
Tiny air sacs in the lungs and gases are exchanged with the blood through its thin walls
Alveoli
A tube running through the body from mouth to anus
Digestive system
What are the organs of the digestive system?
Oral cavity (mouth)
Esophagus
Stomach
Small & Large intestine
Rectum
Accessory organs (liver, salivary glands, pancreas)
What is role of digestive system?
Break down food and deliver the resulting nutrients to the blood for dispersal to the body organs and cells
What is the main function of the digestive system?
Absorb nutrients and reabsorb water
What are the 11 organ system? (State 11)
- Integumentary system - External covering of the skin
- Skeletal system - Protects and supports body organs, provides framework.
- Muscular system - Ables us to move through contraction
- Nervous system - Responds to internal and external changes through sensory glands
- Endocrine system - Glands secrete hormones that regulate processes like growth and reproduction
- Cardiovascular system - Blood vessels transpoort blood which carries oxygen, nutrients, and more
- Lymphatic system - Houses WBC that is involved in immunity
- Respiratory system - Keeps blood oxiginated and removes carbon dioxide
- Digestive system - Breaks down food into absorbable nutrients to enter blood for distributio to the cells
- Urinary system - Regulates water, electrolyte, and acid base balance of the food
- Reproductive system (Male & Female) - Produce sperm and egg cell and reproduce
Undigested food that remains in the tract leaves the body as ___?
Feces
The ___ is considered a digestive organ because the Bile it produces helps to breakdown fats
Liver
This has both the endocrine and digestive function, it also delivers digestive enzymes to the small intestine. What organ is this?
Pancreas
It removes the nitrogen containing wastes from blood and flushes them from the body in the form of urine
Urinary system
Urinary system is also called the _____ and it is composed ot the ___, ___, ___, ___.
A. Excretory system
B. Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra
What are the other important functions of this system?
Maintaining the body’s electrolyte balance (salt & water)
Regulates the acid base balance of the food to regulate normal blood pressure
What do you call the system that has the role to produce offspring?
Reproductive system
What male part produces the sperm?
Testes
Give 6 parts of the male reproductive system structures.
Testes
Scrotum
Penis
Accessory glands
Duct system
What does the female reproductive system produce?
Egg cell or ova
The female duct system consist of 3 parts, which are? (State all)
Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina
Where does the fetus developmental stage take place once fertilization happens?
Uterus
