Organ Systems of the Body

Question 1

Integumentary Location

Answer 1

Skin, nails, and hair; cutaneous sense organs and glands

Question 2

Integumentary Function

Answer 2

• Protects deeper organs from injury due to bumps, chemicals and dehydration
• Excretes salts and urea
• Helps regulate body temperature

Question 3

Skeletal Location

Answer 3

Bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and joints

Question 4

Skeletal Function

Answer 4

• Supports and protects internal organs
• Provides levers for muscular action
• Stores minerals (calcium)
• Cavities provide a site for blood cell formation

Question 5

Muscular Location

Answer 5

Muscles attached to the bone

Question 6

Muscle Function

Answer 6

• Skeletal muscles contract or shorten to allow for movement

- Generates heat

Question 7

Nervous Location

Answer 7

Brain, spinal chord, nerves, special sense organs

Question 8

Nervous Function

Answer 8

• Allows body to detect changes in internal and external environments and respond by activating appropriate muscles and glands
• Help maintain short term homeostasis by rapidly transmitting electrical signals

Question 9

Endocrine Location

Answer 9

Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pineal glands, ovaries, testes, and pancreas

Question 10

Endocrine Function

Answer 10

• Promotes growth and development
• produces chemical messengers that travel in the blood to exert their effects on target organs
• Plays role in long term homeostasis

Question 11

Cardiovascular Location

Answer 11

Heart, blood vessels and blood

Question 12

Cardiovascular Function

Answer 12

• Carries blood containing oxygen and CO2, nutrients and waste .. to and from cells
• Protects body with blood clots, antibodies and other protein molecules in the blood

Question 13

Lymphatic/immune Location

Answer 13

Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and tonsils

Question 14

Lymphatic/immune Function

Answer 14

• Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it
• Cleanses blood of pathogens and debris
• Houses cells (lymphocytes and others ) that act in the immune response

Question 15

Respiratory Location

Answer 15

Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs

Question 16

Respiratory Function

Answer 16

• Keeps the blood continuously supplied with oxygen while removing CO2
• Contributes to the acid/bace balance of the blood via the carbonic acid/bicarbonate buffer system

Question 17

Urinary Location

Answer 17

Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra

Question 18

Urinary Function

Answer 18

• Filters the blood and rids body of nitrogen containing waste that result from the breakdown of proteins, and nucleic acid by the body’s cells
• Maintains water electrolyte and acid-base balance of the blood

Question 19

Reproductive Location

Answer 19

Male testes, scrotum, penis, duct systems that carry sperm

Female ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus and vagina

Question 20

Reproductive Function

Answer 20

Produce germ cells for producing offspring

Female uterus houses baby until birth