Organ systems Flashcards
Integumentary system
f: protects deeper tissues from injury
c: Skin, hair, nails
Skeletal system
f: Protects and supports body organs
c: Bones, joint
Muscular system
f: Allows manipulation, locomotion, and facial expression. Maintains posture and produces heat.
c: Skeletal muscles
Lymphatic system
f: picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood. Disposes of debris, houses white blood cells.
c: lymph nodes, spleen, lymphatic vessels
Immunity
c: protects from infection
Respiratory system
f: keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes CO2
c: Lung, trachea
Digestive system
f: Breaks down food into absorbable units
cL oral cavity, liver, stomach, SI, LI
Nervous system
f: responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands
c: brain, nerves, spinal cord
Endocrine system
f: secrete hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and metabolism by body cells
c: pancreas, ovary, testes
Cardiovascular system
f: transport blood, which carry oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, waste.
c: heart, blood vesicles
Urinary system
f. eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body. Regulates water, electrolyte and acid base balance of the blood.
c: Kidney, urinary blader, urethra
Reproductive system
f: produce offspring
c: penis, vagina
