Week 1 - Organ Systems

Question 1

Circulatory

Answer 1

Provides oxygen and nutrients to cells, gets rid of waste, regulates heat.

Contains the heart, blood vessels, and blood.

Question 2

Digestive

Answer 2

The physical and chemical breakdown of food, absorbs nutrients, etc.

Contains the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus, liver, pancreas, and gall bladder.

Question 3

Integumentary

Answer 3

Protects the body, regulates temperature, detects sensations.

Includes the skin and structures derived from it e.g. hair, nails, sweat glands.

Question 4

Skeletal

Answer 4

Provides support, protection, and movement to the body, stores calcium.

Includes bones, joints, cartilage, bone marrow, and ligaments

Question 5

Muscular

Answer 5

Produces body movement, posture, generates heat, moves substances.

Includes skeletal muscle tissue, tendons.

Question 6

Nervous

Answer 6

Uses nerve impulses to regulate body activity, and detects and responds to stimuli.

Includes the brain, spinal cord, nerves, eyes, and ears.

Question 7

Respiratory

Answer 7

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, regulates acidity, produces sound.

Contains the lungs, trachea, bronchi, sinuses, nose, mouth.

Question 8

Immune

Answer 8

Defence against foreign invaders.

Includes lymphatic fluid, vessels, spleen, thyroid gland, lymph nodes

Question 9

Endocrine

Answer 9

Releases hormones for coordination of body function.

Includes the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, pancreas, kidney, adrenal cortex, glands, gonads and endocrine tissues.

Question 10

Reproductive

Answer 10

Produce gametes to form a new organism.

Includes the ovaries, uterus, testes, scrotum, ductus deferentia, cervix, vagina, peanus, labia, clitoris.

Question 11

Urinary

Answer 11

Urine production, storage and elimination, regulates blood solutes with water.

Includes the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra.