The Amazing Human Body

Health Unit Three

The Body SystemsNervous SystemCirculatory SystemRespiratory SystemSkeletal SystemMuscular System

Digestive SystemExcretory or Urinary SystemEndocrine SystemReproductive System

Nervous SystemBrain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves

Brain controls many body’s main functions

Nerves and Spinal Cord relay messages between the brain and body systems.

Circulatory System

Heart, Blood, and Blood Vessels

Takes both oxygen and nutrients to the cells

Takes waste away from the cells

Respiratory System

Lungs

Supplies the blood with Oxygen

Inhale Oxygen, Exhale Carbon Dioxide

Skeletal SystemBones

Protects Organs

Gives Human Body its shape

Helps the body move

Muscular SystemSkeletal Muscles, Smooth Muscles, Cardiac Muscles

Tissue that makes the body move

Voluntary and Involuntary Muscles

Digestive SystemStomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine

Taking in Food

Absorbing Nutrients

Elimination of Waste

Excretory or Urinary System

Kidneys

Gets Rid of Waste

Regulates the amount of water present in the body fluids

Kidneys filter the blood and makes sure that the body expels waste

Endocrine SystemInfluences Mood, Growth and Development, Tissue Function, and Metabolism

Pineal Gland, Pituitary Gland, Thyroid Gland

Reproductive System

Process of New Life Beginning

Having a Baby

ActivityIn your group, List conditions or diseases that affect your groups Body System. Use your previous knowledge and experience to come up with the answer. Write your responses on the butcher paper big enough for the whole class to read.