Organs & Organs System Flashcards
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Organ are structured that are composed or several types of ?
Tissues and perform more than one functions.
Ex: the brain coordinates input from various sources to provide instructions for the body responses to stimuli
Ex: The kidney process blood to remove wastes and to retain electrolytes and water.
Organs systems are ?
Funtional units composed of several organs.
Ex: muscle, circulatory, integumentary, skeletal, reproductive, digestive, urinary, endocrine, nervous, lymphatic.
Functions include
Digestion of food
Circulation of nutrients
Removal of wastes
Reproduction
The circulatory system consist of
Heart and blood vessels.
The respiratory system is made of
Lungs, airways, certain muscles, blood vessels found in circulatory system.
The two system coordinate with each other to provide nutrients are
Food and oxygen
And remove wastes ( carbon dioxide )
Note:
They can also be removed by the excretory system which consist of the kidneys, parts of the digestive system.
Tissue
A group of cells with similar structure that function together as a unit, but lower level than organs