Organ Systems function Flashcards

(11 cards)

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Integumentary

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External covering, boundary/protection, synthesize vitamin D, houses cutaneous receptors/ sweat glands

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Skeletal

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Protects/supports organs, provides framework for skeletal muscles, bone store minerals, synthesize blood cells

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Muscular

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Manipulation of environment, locomotion, expression, posture, heat

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Nervous

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Control system, activates muscles and glands

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Digestive

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Breaks down food into absorbable units for distribution, excretes waste

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Endocrine

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Glands secrete hormones, for growth, reproduction, and metabolism (control center

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Respiratory

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Supplies blood with oxygen, excretes CO2

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Reproductive

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Production of offspring

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Urinary

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Eliminate waste, regulate water, electrolyte, and acid/base balance of blood

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Lymphatic/Immune

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Picks up leaked fluids to return to blood, houses lymphocyte. Immune: attack foreign substances

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Cardiovascular

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Blood vessels transport oxygen, co2, nutrients, and waste, heart maintains pressure necessary for diffusion

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