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Organ Systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transports oxygen and nutrients to tissues | |
| Changes food to simpler chemicals to be absorbed | |
| Regulates body functions by means of hormones | |
| Barrier to pathogens and to chemicals from the outside world | |
| Destroys pathogens that enter the body | |
| Moves the skeleton and produces heat | |
| Regulates body functions by means of impulses | |
| Produces egg or sperm to continue species | |
| Exchanged oxygen and carbon dioxide between air and blood | |
| Supports the body and protects the internal organs | |
| Removes waste products from the blood |