11 Systems of the Human Body INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

11 Systems of the Human Body

INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • COVERS & PROTECTS UNDERLYING STRUCTURES • RETENTION OF BODY FLUID MAJOR ORGANS: • SKIN • HAIR • NAILS

SKELETAL SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • SUPPORT • PROTECTION MAJOR ORGANS: • BONES • JOINTS

MUSCULAR SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • MOVEMENT – VOLUNTARY – INVOLUNTARY MAJOR ORGANS: • SMOOTH MUSCLE • CARDIAC MUSCLE • SKELETAL MUSCLE

NERVOUS SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • ALLOWS BODY TO RESPOND TO STIMULI – Muscles, Glands and Organs MAJOR ORGANS: • BRAIN • SPINAL CORD • NERVES

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • TRANSPORTS: – O 2, CO 2, NUTRIENTS, HORMONES, ETC MAJOR ORGANS: • HEART • BLOOD VESSELS – ARTERIES, VEINS, CAPILLARIES

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • GAS EXCHANGE – O 2 IN – CO 2 OUT MAJOR ORGANS: • LUNGS • TRACHEA • LARYNX

URINARY SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • CONTROL WATER/SALT IN BLOOD • REMOVE WASTE MAJOR ORGANS: • KIDNEY • URETER • URETHRA • URINARY BLADDER

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • BREAK DOWN FOOD • ABSORB NUTRIENTS MAJOR ORGANS: • ESOPHAGUS • STOMACH • INTESTINE (SMALL & LRG) • LIVER • PANCREAS

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • REGULATES BODY SYSTEMS WITH HORMONES MAJOR ORGANS: • ENDOCRINE GLANDS

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • PRODUCE GAMETES (SPERM OR EGG) • PRODUCE NEW OFFSPRING MAJOR ORGANS: • TESTES/OVARIES • UTERUS • URETHRA Testes

LYMPHATIC SYSTEM MAJOR FUNCTION: • CARRIES FLUID FROM TISSUE TO BLOOD • REMOVE PATHOGENS FROM TISSUE FLUID MAJOR ORGANS: • LYMPH VESSELS • LYMPH NODES • SPLEEN