Systems

Question 0

Skeletal system

Answer 0

(joint & bones)
    -protects & supports body organs, 
    - provides a framework for muscle movement
    -blood cells are formed within bones
Bones store minerals

Question 1

Integumentary system

Answer 1

(Hair, skin, nails)
-external body covering
-protects deeper tissue from injury. >Synthesizes vitamin D
>houses cutaneous (Pain, pressure etc.) receptors & sweat & oil glands

Question 2

Muscular system

Answer 2

(Skeletal muscles)
-manipulation of environment
> locomotion & facial expression
- maintain posture & heat

Question 3

Nervous system

Answer 3

(Brain, spinal cord, nerves)

• fast~acting control system
• responds to internal and external changes by activating muscles and glands

Question 4

Endocrine system

Answer 4

( Pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus, adrenal gland, pancreas, testis & ovarys)

- glands secrete hormones that regulate :  * Reproduction 
             * Growth 
             * nutrients use by body cells

Question 5

Cardiovascular system

Answer 5

( heart & blood vessels)

• Blood vessels transport blood, carried oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, nutrients, wastes.
• heart pumps blood

Question 6

Lymphatic system/immunity

Answer 6

(Red bone marrow, thymus, lymphatic vessels, thoracic duct, spleen, lymph nodes)

• return leaking fluids back to the blood
• dispose of debris in the lymphatic stream.
• houses white blood cells in the immunity. (lymphocytes)
• the immune response to attack foreign substances within the body

Question 7

Respiratory system

Answer 7

( Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, lungs)

• keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen
• removes carbon dioxide
• the gaseous exchanges occur through the walls of the air sacs of the lungs

Question 8

Digestive system

Answer 8

(Oral cavity, esophagus, liver, stomach, small intestine, large intestine. Rectum, anus)

• breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood for distribution to cells
• indigestible foodstuffs are eliminated as feces.

Question 9

Urinary system

Answer 9

(Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra)

• eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body
• regulates water, electrolyte & acid-base balance of the blood

Question 10

Male & female reproductive system

Answer 10

MALE : (prostrate gland, penis, testis, scrotum, ductus deferen)
FEMALE: (mammary glands, ovary, uterus, uterine tube, vagina)
- Production of offspring
- testes = sperm & male hormones ( male ducts aid sperm)
- ovaries = eggs and female hormones ( others are sites for fertilization & development of fetus