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Body Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |