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Body Systems
Question | Answer |
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barrier against infection | integumentary |
hair, skin, nails | integumentary |
produces vitamin D | integumentary |
excretes wastes through sweating | integumentary |
protects against sun | integumentary |
regulates body temperature | integumentary |
transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, water, and hormones | circulatory |
heart, arteries, veins, blood | circulatory |
take in food, digest food, excrete undigested food | digestive |
mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas,gall bladder small and large intestine, anus | digestive |
cardiac, smooth, skeletal | muscular |
allows for movement | muscular |
gather, interpret, and respond to information, and maintain homeostasis | nervous |
brain, spinal cord, nerves | nervous |
protects, organs, provides shape, produces blood cells, and stores fat and minerals | skeletal |
regulates body activities using hormones | endocrine |
hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries, testes | endocrine |
removes liquid wastes | excretory |
kidneys, bladder, ureters, urethra | excretory |
allows organisms to reproduce | reproductive |
ovaries-eggs; testes- sperm | reproductive |
takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide | respiratory |
lungs, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli | respiratory |
absorbs fat; collects excess fluid and returns it to the blood; drains fluid | lymphatic |
lymph and vessles | lymphatic |
lymph nodes, adenoids, tonsils, thymus, spleen, appendix | immune |
fights off invaders in body | immune |
basic unit of all living things | cell |
made of cells | tissue |
made of tissue | organ |
made of organs | organ system |
made of organ systems | organism |