Unit 1🖤 Flashcards
Reproductive system
Male: prostate penis testis
Female: uterus ovary vagina vulva
Make produce and passes sperm to female. Female produces eggs that develop organs and birth
Skeletal system
Bones
Cartilages
Ligaments
Supports, protects, stores minerals, and produces blood cells
Respiratory system
Nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, larynx, lungs
Exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide between air and blood in the lungs
Endocrine
Pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid gland
Secretes hormones regulating growth, reproduction, metabolism, and the use of nutrients
Cardiovascular system
Heart, blood, arteries, veins, capillaries
Transport minerals, hormones, and maintains body temperature
Muscular system
Muscles; skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, cardiac muscles.
Movement, body position, position balance, blood flow
Digestive system
Mouth, esophaguses, stomach, intestines, pharynx, rectum
Breaks down food, absorbs nutrients and eliminates waste
Nervous system
Brain, nerves, spinal cord and other associated structures relays messages, coordinated body functions, enables learning and memory.
Lymphatic/immune system
Tonsils, spleen, appendix
Provides immunity protects, collects and cleanses blood
Urinary system
Kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra
Regulates water and electrolytes
Removed nitrogenous waste.
Integumentary system
Skin, hair, nail
Protects tissue, regulates temperature, excreted water and salt, sends information to nervous system, location of receptors.
