Excretory and Nervous System
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| Major Function of Excretory System | Removes wastes (excess water, salts, ammonia, carbon dioxide and urea) from the body.
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| Major Organs in the Excretory System | Kidneys, Urinary Bladder, Skin, Rectum, Anus, Lungs and Liver.
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| Kidney, Urinary Bladder, and Skin | Clean, stores and removes liquid wastes
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| Rectum/Anus | stores/removes waste
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| Lungs | Removes carbon dioxide
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| Liver | filters toxins from blood, produces bile.
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| Excretion | process which removes waste from the body
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| Perspiration | sweat...rids the body of salts/water; helps to regulate body temperature
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| Excretory system works with other Systems | to clean blood of waste products that are produces by other systems.
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| Major functions of Nervous System | Sends and receives information about the body's activities and monitors and responds to changes in the environment.
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| Major Organs of Nervous System | Central and Peripheral Nervous System
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| Central Nervous System consists of | Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve cells.
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| Brain | part of central nervous system and controls most functions in the body. It consists of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and Medulla Oblongata.
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| Cerebrum | Interprets input from the senses, controls the movement of skeletal muscles; carries out complex mental processes.
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| Cerebellum | Coordinates the actions of the muscles; helps maintain balanace.
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| Medulla Oblongata | controls involuntary actions
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| Spinal Cord | links the brain and most of the nerves.
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| Nerve Cells | allow for feeling
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| Peripheral Nervous System | made of sensory organs. Sensory receptors detect changes in our environment.
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| Neurons | nerve cell that is specialized to receive and conduct electrical impulses.
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| Dendrite | short branched extensions of the cell that receive information
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| Axon | elongated extensions of a neuron that carry impulses away from the cell body.
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| Synapse | information from one neuron flows to another neuron across one of these.
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| Nervous System and other systems | All of your tissues and organs receive instructions from the nervous system.
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| Nerve impulse | nerve to spinal cord to brain
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| reflexes | automatic response to certain stimuli
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