Organ Systems

Question 1

Integumentary

Answer 1

Function:

• protects deeper organs from mechanical, chemical, bacterial injury, and desiccaction
• excretes salts and urea
• aids in regulation of body tempertaure
• provides vitamin d

Question 2

Skeletal

Answer 2

Major componentt organs:

• bones
• cartliage
• tendons
• ligaments
• joints

Functions:

• body support and protection of internal oorgans
• provides levers for muscular action
• cavities provide a site for blood cell formation

Question 3

Muscular

Answer 3

Function:

• locomotion
• grasping and manipulation of the envirnoment
• facial expression
• generation of heat

Question 4

Nervous

Answer 4

Major componentt organs:

• brain
• spinal cord
• nerves
• sensory receptors

Function:

• allows detection of changes in internal and external envirnoment and to respond by activating muscles or glands
• helps maintain homeostasis of the body via rapid transmission of electrial signals

Question 5

Endocrine

Answer 5

Major componentt organs:

• pituitary
• thymus
• thyroid
• parathyroid
• adrenal
• pineal glands
• ovaries
• testes
• pancreas

Functions:

• help maintain homeostasis
• promotes growth and development
• produce hormones

Question 6

Cardiovascular

Answer 6

Major componentt organs:

• heart
• blood vessels
• blood

Function:

• transport system that carries oxygenated blood, CO2, nutrients, wastes, ions, hormones,
• antibodies in blood act to protect the body

Question 7

Lympathic/Immunity

Answer 7

Major componentt organs:

• Lymphatic vessels
• lymph nodes
• spleen
• thymus
• tonsils

Function:

• picks up fluid leaked from the blood and returns it to the blood
• cleanses blood of pathogens and debris
• houses lymphoctyes that protect the body from form substances

Question 8

Respiratory

Answer 8

Major componentt organs:

• lungs
• larynx
• pharynx
• nasal passages
• bronchi

Function:

• keeps blood supplied with O2 and removes CO2
• contributes to acid-base balance of the blood (carbonic acid- bicarbonate buffer system)

Question 9

Degistive

Answer 9

Major componentt organs:

• oral cavity
• esophagus
• stomach
• small and large intestines
• accessory structures (teeth, liver, pancreas, liver, salivary glands)

Functions:

• breaks down ingested food into a absorbable form
• undigested residue removed as feces

Question 10

Urinary

Answer 10

Major componentt organs:

• kdneys
• ureters
• bladder
• urethra

Functions:

• Rids the body of nitrogen containing watses
• maintains water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance of blood

Question 11

Reproductive

Answer 11

Major componentt organs:

Male

• testes, prostate gland, scrotum, penis, and duct systems that carries sperm

Female

• ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, mammary glands, and vagina

Function:

• provides germ cells (eggs)
• uterus house developing fetus
• mammary glands provide milk