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1 This system consists of the blood, heart, and blood vessels. Pumps blood around the body through the blood vessels to deliver oxygen and nutrients to cells and remove metabolic waste.
2 This system consists of skin and the associated skin components, hair, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and nails. Protects the body from the external environment, excretes metabolic waste, helps to make vitamin D, and detects pain, touch, dehydration, and changes in temperature.
3 The female reproductive system contains the gonads (ovaries), uterine tubes, uterus, vagina, clitoris, labia, and mammary glands. The male reproductive system contains the gonads (testes), epididymes, ductus deferens, penis, and scrotum. Fertilization is the combination of a sperm and an oocyte, resulting in the formation of a new life.
4 system consists of air passageways: the pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and the lungs. Responsible for oxygen/carbon dioxide gas exchange with the blood and also involved in the regulation of acid-base balance and sound production
5 This systems organs include the pituitary, thyroid, pineal, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. This systems tissues is also found within the hypothalamus, pancreas, thymus, gonads, heart, stomach, and small intestine. Hormones alter the metabolism of target cells. The hormone can be very specific, affecting only one cell type, or very general, affecting many cell types.
6 system consists of lymphatic fluid (lymph), lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, the spleen, lymph nodules, and thymus.
7 This system consists of the digestive tract: the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestine, as well as organs that assist digestion: the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. Responsible for the breakdown of ingested food, both physically and chemically, so that nutrients can be absorbed
8 This system consists of the bones and the cartilage associated with joints. Protects the body, provides support and a framework for muscles to act upon, contains bone marrow for blood cells to develop in, and stores minerals such as calcium.
9 This system consists primarily of skeletal muscle, but there are also two other types of muscle: cardiac muscle found in the heart and smooth muscle found within the viscera, including the alimentary canal and the walls of blood vessels.
10 This system is divided into the central nervous system, containing the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, containing everything else. this system has multiple functions it detects changes in the internal and external environment, processes electrical impulses and making decisions, activates effectors to induce an appropriate response to initial stimulus.
11 This system consists of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. Filters blood in order to extract metabolic waste and maintain the acid-base and mineral balance. It is also helps to regulate the production of red blood cells.
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