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Organization
The Organ Systems-Functions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Integumentary | -barrier to pathogens/ chemicals -prevents excessive water loss |
| Skeletal | -supports body -protects internal organs/ red bone marrow -provides framework to be moved by muscles |
| Muscular | -moves the skeleton -produces |
| Nervous | -interprets sensory info-->decides how to use it -regulates body functions such as movement by means of electrochemical impulses |
| Endocrine | -regulates body functions-->growth/ reproduction by means of hormones -regulates day-to-day metabolism by means of hormones |
| Circulatory | -transports oxygen/ nutrients to tissues and removes waste products |
| Lymphatic | -returns tissue fluid to the blood -destroys pathogens that enter the body and provides immunity |
| Respiratory | -exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between air/ blood |
| Digestive | -changes food into simple chemicals that can be absorbed and used by the body |
| Urinary | -removes waste products from the blood -regulates volume and pH of blood/ tissue fluid |
| Reproductive | -produces eggs/ sperm -provides site for developing embryo-fetus in women |
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