Download Circulatory System: Function – delivering and removing materials

Circulatory System:
Function – delivering and removing materials from
every cell in your body
Major Organs –
- heart
- veins
- arteries
- capillaries
Nervous System:
Function – Receives info from inside and outside
the body, directs the way your body responds to
that info, and helps maintain homeostasis.
Major Organs –
- Brain (part of CNS)
- Spinal Cord (part of CNS)
- Cranial Nerves (part of PNS)
- Spinal Nerves (part of PNS)
Respiratory System:
Function – gets Oxygen from outside your body
and brings it in, while getting rid of Carbon Dioxide
and water.
Major Organs –
- mouth
- trachea (wind pipe)
- bronchi
- lungs
- diaphragm
Excretory System:
Function – removal of waste from the body
Major Organs –
- kidneys
- urinary bladder
- skin
- lungs
Integumentary System:
Functions:
1) Covers body and prevents water loss
2) Protects body from injury and infection
3) Regulates Body Temperature
4) Eliminates waste
5) Gathers info about the environment
6) Produces Vitamin D
Major Organs –
- skin
- hair
- nails
Reproductive System:
Function – to make new offspring with a random
combination of genes
Major Organs –
Female:
- ovaries
- vagina
- fallopian tube - uterus
Male:
- testes
- scrotum
- vas deferens - urethra
Muscular System:
Function – provides the body and skeleton its
ability to move and maintains the body’s vertical
posture.
Major Organs –
- skeletal muscles (like biceps)
- cardiac muscle (the heart)
- smooth muscles (like stomach)
Digestive System:
Function – breaks food down into its nutrients so
they can be sent to the cells of the body
Major Organs –
- mouth
- esophagus
- stomach
- pharynx
- small intestine - large intestine
- anus
Accessory Organs –
- salivary glands
- tongue
- liver
- pancreas
- gall bladder
Endocrine System:
Function – produces hormones and sends them
directly into the bloodstream.
Major Organs –
- pituitary gland (regulates growth)
- thyroid gland (regulates metabolism)
- adrenal gland (regulates stress hormones)
- testes and ovaries (regulate hormones involved
in the expression of sexual characteristics)
Skeletal System:
Functions:
1) Provides a frame and support for your body
2) enables you to move
3) protects your internal organs
4) produces blood cells
5) stores certain materials until your body needs
them
Major Organs –
your bones (skeleton)