MOUTH ESOPHAGUS STOMACH PANCREAS LARGE INTESTINE LIVER GALL BLADDER SMALL INTESTINE APPENDIX.
BODY SYSTEMS INTRO NOTES. DIGESTIVE STRUCTURES MOUTH: BEGINNING OF DIGESTION STOMACH: ACIDS AND...
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Transcript of BODY SYSTEMS INTRO NOTES. DIGESTIVE STRUCTURES MOUTH: BEGINNING OF DIGESTION STOMACH: ACIDS AND...
DIGESTIVESTRUCTURES
• MOUTH: BEGINNING OF DIGESTION
• STOMACH: ACIDS AND MUSCLES BREAK DOWN FOOD
• SMALL INTESTINE ABSORBS NUTRIENTS FROM FOOD
• LARGE INTESTINE ABSORBS WATER
FUNCTION
• BREAKS DOWN FOOD INTO SUBSTANCES THAT CELLS CAN ABSORB AND USE.
CIRCULATORY
STRUCTURE
• HEART: MUSCLE THAT PUSHES BLOOD THROUGH ARTERIES
• ARTERIES: CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM HEART THE HAS OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS
• VEINS: CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART THAT IS LOW IN OXYGEN AND HIGH IN WASTE
FUNCTION
• DELIVERY SYSTEM OF THE BODY. IT DELIVERS NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN THROUGHOUT THE BODY CELLS AND PICKS UP WASTE.
RESPIRATORY
STRUCTURE
• LUNGS TAKE IN OXYGEN INTO THE BODY AND RELEASE CARBON DIOXIDE
• DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE THAT FORCES THE LUNGS TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT AND BRING AIR INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS.
FUNCTION
• BRINGS OXYGEN INTO THE BODY AND REMOVES CARBON DIOXIDE.
EXCRETORY
STRUCTURE
• KIDNEYS IS A FILTER FOR THE BLOOD
• INCLUDES THE SWEAT GLANDS, THE LUNGS, THE KIDNEY SYSTEM, URINARY SYSTEM AND OTHERS.
FUNCTION
• DISPOSES OF WASTES AND CONTROLS BODY FLUID LEVELS
IMMUNE
STRUCTURE
• INCLUDES WHITE BLOOD CELLS THAT FIGHT BACTERIA AND VIRUSES
FUNCTION
• FIGHTS INFECTION AND ILLNESS. INCLUDES THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS
SKELETAL
STRUCTURE
• BONES, CARTILAGE, LIGAMENTS, TENDONS
FUNCTION
• PROVIDE SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE TO THE BODY
• BLOOD CELLS ARE MADE IN BONE MARROW
MUSCULAR
STRUCTURE
• MUSCLES INCLUDING VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY
FUNCTION
• ALLOW MOVEMENT OF BONES AND BODY PARTS BY WORKING WITH THE NERVOUS AND SKELETAL SYSTEMS
NERVOUS
STRUCTURE
• BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES
FUNCTION
• RECEIVES STIMULI FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BODY AND RESPONDS TO CHANGE
• MAINTAINS HOMEOSTASIS WHICH IS THE REGULATION OF STEADY, LIFE-MAINTAINING CONDITIONS BY ALL OF THE BODY SYSTEMS
INTEGUMENTARY
STRUCTURE
• INCLUDES SKIN (LARGEST ORGAN OF THE BODY), HAIR, AND FINGERNAILS
FUNCTION
• THE SKIN PROTECTS AND PROVIDES A BARRIER TO KEEP OUT FOREIGN MATERIALS AND TO PREVENT THE BODY FROM DRYING OUT.
ENDOCRINE
STRUCTURE
• GLANDS AND HORMONES
FUNCTION
• REGULATES BODY FUNCTIONS THROUGH CHEMICAL MESSENGERS CALLED HORMONES, CONTROLS THINGS SUCH AS HOMEOSTASIS, DEVELOPMENT, AND GROWTH