Rivera, Ronald Michael M. 2009-00951 I.
List of organ systems:
1. Circulatory System 2. Respiratory System 3. Muscular System 4. Skeletal System 5. Integumentary System 6. Immune System 7. Nervous System 8. Digestive System 9. Excretory System [Link] System [Link] System
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Structure of the organ systems:
1. Circulatory System Heart Blood Vascular Tissues Skin Hair Nails
6. Immune System macrophages B-cells T-cells lymph
2. Respiratory System Lungs
3. Muscular System Muscles
bronchi bronchioles alveoli
7. Nervous System brain spinal cord neurons 8. Digestive System esophagus stomach small intestine large intestine 9. Excretory System kidneys urinary bladder 10. Endocrine System
4. Skeletal System Bones Cartilage Tendons Ligaments
5. Integumentary System
glands
11. Reproductive System Female: ovaries, oviducts, uterus, vagina and mammary glands
Male: testes, seminal vesicles and penis
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Functions
1. Circulatory System The main role of the circulatory system is to transport blood, nutrients, gases (such as oxygen and CO2), hormones and wastes through the body.
2. Respiratory System The main role of the respiratory system is to provide gas exchange between the blood and the environment. Primarily, oxygen is absorbed from the atmosphere into the body and carbon dioxide is expelled from the body. 3. Muscular System The main role of the muscular system is to provide movement. Muscles work in pairs to move limbs and provide the organism with mobility. Muscles also control the movement of materials through some organs, such as the stomach and intestine, and the heart and circulatory system. 4. Skeletal System The main role of the skeletal system is to provide support for the body, to protect delicate internal organs and to provide attachment sites for the organs. 5. Integumentary System
The main role of this system is to provide a first-line defense against foreign substances entering the body. 6. Immune System The main role of the immune system is to destroy and remove invading microbes and viruses from the body. 7. Nervous System The main role of the nervous system is to relay electrical signals through the body. The nervous system directs behaviour and movement and, along with the endocrine system, controls physiological processes such as digestion, circulation, etc. 8. Digestive System The main role of the digestive system is digestion which is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream. 9. Excretory System The main role of the excretory system is to filter out cellular wastes, toxins and excess water or nutrients from the circulatory system. 10. Endocrine System
The main role of this system is to control many bodily processes that helps maintain homeostasis through the production of chemical messengers called hormones. 11. Reproductive System
The main role of the reproductive system is to manufacture cells that allow reproduction. In the male, sperm are created to inseminate egg cells produced in the female. It also provides a mean by which genetic information can be passed from parents to offspring.