Organ Systems Flashcards
This system breaks down food so that nutrients can be easily passed into the blood and circulated throughout the body
digestive
This system helps cleanse the blood and houses the white blood cells that are involved in protecting the body from environmental pathogens
lymphatic
This system helps maintain the water and electrolyte balance within the body, regulates the acid-base balance in the blood, and removes all nitrogen-containing wastes from the body
urinary
This system keeps all the cells in the body supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
respiratory
This system produces movement through contractions
muscular
This system produces offspring
reproductive
This system protects internal tissues from injury, waterproofs the body, and helps regulate body temperature. This system also serves as a barrier to foreign substances.
integumentary
This system provides support and protection for the body, supplies a framework used to create movement, and serves as storage for minerals such as calcium.
skeletal
This system acts as the body control system and is necessary to protect the body from changes in the internal and external environment
nervous
This system controls body functions
endocrine
This system works as the transportation system for substances such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nutrients in the body
Circulatory