Organ Systems - Function Flashcards
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Integumentary System
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- Protects organs from injury
- Excretes salt and urea
- Regulates body temp
- Produces vitamin D
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Skeletal System
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- Body support & protection
- Provides levers for muscular action
- Cavities provide a site for blood cell formation
3
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Muscular System
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- Contract & shorten to provide locomotion and ability to generate facial expressions
- Generates heat
4
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Nervous System
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- Detects changes in its internal and external and responds by activating glands and muscles
- Helps maintain homeostasis in body
5
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Endocrine System
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- Helps maintain homeostasis
- Promotes growth and development
- produces hormones that travel through the blood to exert their effects on target organs
6
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Cardiovascular System
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- Carries blood to tissue cells
- Blood is propelled through pumping of the heart
- Antibodies and other proteins in blood protect the body
7
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Lymphatic/Immunity System
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- Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood
- Cleans blood of pathogens and other debris
- Houses lymphocytes that act via the immune response to protect body from foreign substances
8
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Respiratory System
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- Keeps blood with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
- Contributes to acid-base balance of blood via its carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system
9
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Digestive System
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- Breaks down food to be absorbed into blood & delivered to body cells
- Undigested residue is removed from the body as feces
10
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Urinary System
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- Rids body of urea, uric acid and ammonia
- Maintains water, electrolyte and acid-base blood balance
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Reproductive System (male)
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- Provides germ cells called sperm for perpetuation of the species
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Reproductive System (female)
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- Provides germ cells called eggs, houses developing fetus and mammary glands provide nutrition for infant
