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Chapter 1 (A & P)
System Of The Body
Question | Answer |
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Integumentary System | Forms the external body covering. And protects deeper tissue from injury. |
Skeletal System | Protects and supports body systems. And provides a frame work the muscles uses to cause movement. |
Muscular System | Allows manipulation of the environment,locomotion, and facial expressions. Maintains posture and produces heat. |
Nervous System | As the fast acting control system of the body. It responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands. |
Endocrine System | Glands secrete hormones that regulate processes such as growth. |
Lymphatic System/Immunity | Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood. Houses White Blood cells. |
respiratory System | Keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide. (air sacs) |
Digestive System | Breaks down food in to absorbable units that enter the blood. |
Urinary System | Eliminates nitrogenous waste the body. Regulates. |
Male reproductive system | Overall function, production of off spring. Testes produce sperm. |
Female reproductive system | Ovaries produce eggs and female sex hormones. |