| Question | Answer |
| Integumentary | Components: skin, hair nails, sweat and oil glands.
Functions: water proofs the body, protects and cushions tissue, excretion, synthesizes vitamin D, location of cutaneous nerve. |
| Skeletal | Components: bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints.
Functions: protects and supposts body organs, provides site for muscle attachment, hematopoiesis, stores minerals. |
| Muscular | Components: skeletal muscles.
Functions: allows locomotion, maintains posture, produces heat. |
| Nervous | Components: brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory receptors.
Functions: fast acting control system, responds to external/internal stimuli. |
| Endocrine | COmponents: (endocrine glands) pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus gland, adrenal gland, pancreas, testis (male), ovary (female).
Functions: slow acting control system, secrets hormones for growth, reproduction, metabolism. |
| Cardiovascular | Components: heart and blood vessels.
Functions: transports materials in boby by blood pumped by heart - oxygen, nutrients, hormones, carbon dioxide, waste. |
| Lymphatic | Components: lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils.
Functions: return fluid leaked by the blood and returns it to the blood vessels, disposes of debris, involved in immunity. |
| Respiratory | Components: nasal passages, pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), bronchi, lungs.
Functions: keeps blood supplied with oxygen, removes carbon dioxide. |
| Digestive | Components: (GI track) oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small/large intestines, rectum, anus.
Function: breaks down food, delivers, nutrients to blood, eliminates indigestible material. |
| Urinary | Components: kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra.
Functions: eliminates nitrogenous waste, maintains acid-base balance (pH), regulates body's waste and electrolyte (salt) balance. |
| Reproductive | Components: (male) testis, penis, glands. (female) ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina.
Functions: produce offspring |
