Organ Systems Chart
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- Integumenary
- Protect tissues, regulate body tempurature, support sensory receptors (SKIN, HAIR, SWEAT GLANDS, NAILS)
- Skeletal
- Provide framework, protect soft tissues, provide attachments for muscles, produce blood cells, store inorganic salts (BONES, LIGAMENTS, CARTILAGES)
- Muscular
- Cause movements, maintain posture, produce body heat (MUSCLES)
- Nervous
- Detect changes, receive and interpret sensory information, stimulate muscles and glands (BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES, SENSE ORGANS)
- Endocrine
- Control metabolic activities of body stuctures (GLANDS, PANCREAS, THYMUS)
- Cardiovascular (circulatory)
- Move blood through blood vessels and transport substances throughout body (HEART, ARTERIES, VEINS, CAPILLARIES)
- Lymphatic
- Return tissue fluid to blood, carry certain absorbed food molecules, defend the body against infection (LYMPHATIC VESSELS, LYMPH NODES, SPLEEN, THYMUS)
- Digestive
- Receive, break down, and absorb food; eliminate unabsorbed material (MOUTH, TEETH, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, LIVER, INTESTINES)
- Respiratory
- Intake and output of air, exchange of gases between air and blood (NASAL CAVITY, PHARYNX, LARYNX, LUNGS)
- Urinary
- Remove wastes from blood, maintain water and electrolyte balance, store and transport urine (KIDNEYS, URETERS, URINARY BLADDER, URETHRA)
- Reproductive
- Make offspring (REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS)