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Body Systems
Body Systems - Organs and functions of organs in systems
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
01/27/2011

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Term
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
Definition

SKIN, HAIR, NAILS, SWEAT GLANDS, SEBACEOUS GLANDS

 

1) Body covering

2) Protect tissues

3)  Regulate body temp.

4) Support sensory receptors

Term
SKELETAL SYSTEM
Definition

BONES

CARTILAGE

LIGAMENTS

 

1) Provide framework

2)  Protects soft tissues

3) Provide attachments for ligaments

4)  Produce blood cells

5)  Store inorganic salts

Term
MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Definition

MUSCLES

 

1) Cause movements

2)  Maintain posture

3)  Produce body heat

Term
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Definition

BRAIN

SPINAL CORD

NERVES

SENSE ORGANS

 

1) Detect changes

2) Recieve and interpret sensory information

3) Stimulate muscles and glands

Term
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Definition

GLANDS THAT SECRET HORMONES

PITUITARY GLAND

THYROID GLAND

PARATHYROID GLAND

ADRENAL GLAND

PANCREAS

OVARIES

TESTES

PINEAL GLAND

THYMUS

 

Controls metabolic activities of body structures

Term
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Definition

HEART

ARTERIES

VEINS

CAPILLARIES

 

1) Moves blood through blood vessels

2)  Transports substances through the body

Term
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Definition

LYMPHATIC VESSELS

LYMPH NODES

THYMUS

SPLEEN

 

1) Return tissue fluid to the blood

2) Carry certain absorbed food molecules

3) Defend the body against infection

Term
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Definition

MOUTH

TEETH

TONGUE

SALIVARY GLANDS

PHARYNX

ESOPHAGUS

STOMACH

LIVER

GALLBLADDER

PANCREAS

SMALL INTESTINE

LARGE INTESTINE

 

Receive, break down, and absorb food; eliminate unabsorbed food/material

Term
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Definition

NASAL CAVITY

PHARYNX

LARYNX TRACHEA

BRONCHI LUNGS

 

Intake and output of air

Exchange of gases between air and blood

Term
URINARY SYSTEM
Definition

KIDNEYS

URETERS

URINARY BLADDER

URETHRA

 

1) Remove wastes from blood

2) Maintain water and electrolyte imbalance

3) Store and transport urine

Term

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

(FEMALE)

Definition

OVARIES

UTERINE TUBES (FALLOPIAN TUBES)

UTERUS

VAGINA

 

CLITORIS AND VAGINA

 

1) Produce and maintain egg cells

2) Receive sperm cells

3) Support development of an embryo and function in birth process

Term

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

(MALE)

Definition

SCROTUM

TESTES

PENIS

URETHRA

 

1) Produce and maintain sperm cells

2) Transfer sperm cells into female reproductive tract

Term
ORGANS IN TWO SYSTEMS
Definition

THYMUS - LYMPHATIC AND ENDOCRINE

PANCREAS - DIGESTIVE AND ENDOCRINE

PHARYNX - DIGESTIVE AND RESPIRATORY

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