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11 body systems
Term | Definition |
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The Integumentary system | Hair, skin, fingernails, toenails. Protection of the body from drying out, controls temp |
The skeletal system | Bone, cartilage, joint. Support for the body, allows movement and protects the brain |
The muscular system | Muscle, muscle tissue. Helps us to move, move things around the body e.g blood |
The nervous system | Brain, spinal cord, nerve. Transmitting sensory information, processing information and causing bodily responses |
The endocrine system | Glands/tissue, thyroid gland, pancreas, ovary and testis. Produces hormones, travels through blood, target cells respond to the message |
The cardiovascular system | Heart, blood vessel-artry, veins. Blood transport many substances (oxygen, hormones), regulates temp and pH level |
The lymphatic (and immune) system | Tonsil, thymus, spleen, lymph node. Drains all the fluid from blood capillaries/ tissues cells and returns it into the blood |
The respiratory system | Pharynx, Larynx (voice box), bronchus, lungs. Carries out gas exchange between the blood and the air, regulates blood pH, allows us to speak and smell |
The digestive system | mouth, salivary glands, stomach, pancreas, large/small intestine, Anus. Breaks larger food into smaller bits. Absorbs the products of digestion and processes them. |
The urinary system | kidneys, ureter, bladder, uretha. Produces, stores and eliminates urine |
The reproductive system | testes, ovaries and other associated organs. Makes babies, combines genes from both parent |