Body Systems

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  • Integumentary System
    Protects body, regulates body temp; skin, hair, fingernails, oil glands
  • Skeletal System
    Supports and protects body, surface for muscles to attach; bones and joints and associated cartillage
  • Muscular System
    body movement. heat producing; skeletal muscles, can include cardiac & smooth
  • Nervous system
    Brain, spinal cord, nerves, eyes, ears ; generates action potential through nerve impulses. detects changes in internal / external changes - homestasis
  • Endocrine System
    Hormonal producing glands; hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancrease
  • Cardiovascular System
    Blood, heart, blood vessels; Heart pumps blood through blood vessels which carries oxygen and nutrients to the cell, carries waste away. Blood helps fight disease
  • Lymphatic System
    Lymphatic fluid & vessels; spleen, thymus, tonsils; Protects body against diseases by carrying out immune responce
  • Respiratory System
    Lungs; transfers oxgen from inhaled air to blood and carbon dioxide from blood to exhaled air.
  • Digestive System
    Complete chemical and physical breakdown of food
  • Urinary system
    Kindeys, bladder; produces stores and eliminates waste.
  • Reproductive System
    Testes, ovaries; Gonads produce sperm that unites to form new organisms. Mammary gland produces milk