Organ Systems of the Body

Question 1

Integumentary

Answer 1

MOC- skin, nails, hair, cutaneous sense organs and glands

Function: protect deeper organs from injury; excretes salt and urea; regulate body temperature

Question 2

Skeletal

Answer 2

MOC: bones, cartilages, tendons, ligaments, joints
Function: protects and supports internal organs; stores minerals; cavities serve as a location for blood cell formation

Question 3

Muscular

Answer 3

MOC: muscles attached to the skeleton

skeletal muscles contract, moves bones, which allow motion, facial expressions, basically any movement

Question 4

Nervous

Answer 4

MCO: brain, spinal cord, nerves and special sense organs
Function: allows body to detect changes in its internal and external environment and allows a response to the information; helps maintain short-term homeostasis

Question 5

Endocrine

Answer 5

MCO: pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pineal glands; ovaries, testes, and pancreas
Function: promotes growth and development; the hormone messengers travel the body to targeted organs; plays a role in maintaining long-term homeostasis

Question 6

Cardiovasular

Answer 6

MCO: heart, blood vessels and blood
Function: primarily a transport system that carries blood containing oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, ions, hormones, and other substances to and from the cells where exchanges are made; pumps the heart to propel blood through the blood vessels; protects the body with blood clots, antibodies, and other protein molecules

Question 7

Lymphatic/immune

Answer 7

MCO: lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and tonsils
Function: returns leaked fluid from the blood vessels to the blood, cleanses the blood from pathogens; houses cells that act in the immune response to protect the body from foreign substances

Question 8

Respiratory

Answer 8

MCO: nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs
Function: keeps blood continuously supplied with oxygen while removing carbon dioxide

Question 9

Digestive

Answer 9

MCO: mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, accessory structures
Function: breaks down digested foods to tiny particles

Question 10

Urinary

Answer 10

MCO: kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Function: rids the body of nitrogen-containing wastes (urea, uric acids, and ammonia), which result from the breakdown of proteins and nucleic acids by the bodys cells; maintains water, electrolyte, and acid base balance of blood