Organ System | Primary Function | "Must Know" | Primary Organs |
GI TRACT | PERFORMS DIGESTION & ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS | DIFFERENT THAN THE "ALIMENTARY TRACT" | STOMACH, SMALL/LARGE INTESTINES, GALL BLADDER, LIVER, PANCREAS |
INTEGUMENTARY | COVERS THE BODY AS THE 1ST LINE OF DEFENCE & CONTROLS BODY TEMPERATURE | THE SUBCUTANEOUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEPARATING THE SKIN FROM THE OTHER ORGANS | HAIR, SKIN, NAILS, & BREASTS |
LYMPHATIC | COLLECTS PLASMA, FILTERS IT FOR IMPURITIES, AND RETURNS IT TO THE BLOOD STREAM | CONTAINS MOST OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM | SPLEEN, LYMPHNODES, LYMPHOCYTES, TONSILS, ADENOIDS, THYMUS |
MUSCULAR | GIVES THE BODY SHAPE AND MOVEMENT | OVER 600 MUSCLES IN THE BODY | MUSCLES |
NERVOUS | BODY'S COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 2 DIFFERENT SECTIONS: AUTONOMIC AND SOMATIC | BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES |
SKELETAL | PROVIDES STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT FOR THE BODY | CONSISTS OF AXIAL BONES AND APPENDICULAR BONES | OSSEUS TISSUE, BONES, CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
MALE REPRODUCTIVE | SECRETE HORMONES AND PRODUCE SPERM | | PROSTATE, URETHRA, PENIS, TESTICLES, SCROTUM |
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE | SECRETE HORMONES AND PROVIDE FOR CHILDBEARING | | UTERUS, FALLOPIAN TUBES, OVARIES, VAGINA |
RESPIRATORY | BRING OXYGEN INTO THE BODY AND EXPELS CARBON DIOXIDE | INCLUDES THE UPPER AND LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT | ALVEOLI, LARYNX, PHARYNX, UPPER/LOWER TRACTS |
URINARY | REMOVE WASTE FROM THE BLOOD, AND WASTE FROM THE BODY | THE NEPHRON IS THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE SYSTEM | KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER, URETHRA, NEPHRON |
CARDIOVASCULAR | DISTRIBUTE BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY USING BLOOD VESSELS: VEINS, ARTERIES, & CAPILLARIES | BLOOD IS MADE UP OF ERYTHROCYTES, LEUKOCYTES, PLATELETS, & PLASMA | HEART, BLOOD, BLOOD VESSELS |
ENDOCRINE | CONSISTS OF GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES THAT ASSIST IN REGULATING BODY FUNCTION | THE PITUITARY GALND PRODUCES MULTIPLE HORMONES AND IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN | PITUITARY, ADRENAL GLANDS, THYROID, THYMUS, PANCREAS LIVER, GONADS, KIDNEYS |