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Flashcards in Organ Systems Deck (10)
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1
Q

Circulatory

A
Include: 
- heart
- blood vessels
- blood
Function: transport blood to tissues
2
Q

Respiratory

A
Include:
- Nose
- Pharynx
- larynx
- Trachea
- bronchi
- lungs
Function:
- Exchange O2 and CO2
- H ion concentration
3
Q

Digestive

A
Include
- mouth
- pharynx
- esophagus
- stomach
- intestines
- salivary glands
- pancreas
- liver
- gallbladder
Function: 
- digest and absorb nutrients, salts and water
4
Q

Urinary

A
Include:
- kidneys
-ureters
-bladder
-urethra
Function:
- regulates plasma concentration
5
Q

Musculo- Skeletal

A
Include:
- cartilage
- bone
- ligaments
- tendons
- joints
- skeletal muscle
Function:
- Support, protection and movement of body
- produce blood cells
6
Q

Immune

A
Include:
- White blood cells
- lymph vessels/ nodes
- spleen
- thymus
- lymphoid tissues
Function:
- Defense
- return extracellular fluid to blood
- make white blood cells
7
Q

Nervous

A
Include:
- brain
- spinal cord
- peripheral nerves/ ganglia
- sense organs
Function:
- Regulation and coordination
8
Q

Endocrine

A

Include:
- all gland secreting hormones
Function
- coordination and regulation

9
Q

Reproductive

A

Include:
- Males: testes, penis and glands
- Female: Ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands
Functions:
- reproduction, egg and sperm production, environment and nutrients for embryo

10
Q

Integumentary

A
Include
- Skin
Functions
- Protection from injury and dehydration 
- defines for foreign invaders
- regulation of temp