Name ________________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Anatomy & Physiology
Homework 2 – Organ System Overview
1. Using the key choices, indicate the body systems that match the following descriptions. Choices
may be used more than once.
Key:
Cardiovascular
Digestive
Endocrine
_____Urinary___
Integumentary
Lymphatic
Muscular
Nervous
Reproductive
Respiratory
Skeletal
Urinary
a. Rids the body of nitrogen-containing wastes
_____Endocrine_______ b. Is affected by removal of the adrenal gland
_____Skeletal_______
____Cardiovascular___
c. Protects and supports the body organs; provides a framework for
muscular action
d. Includes arteries and veins
_____Endocrine_____
e. Composed of “ductless glands” that secrete hormones
_____Integumentary__
f. External body covering
_____Lymphatic___
g. Houses cells involved in body immunity
______Digestive___
h. Breaks down ingested food into its absorbable units
___Respiratory___
i. Loads oxygen into the blood
_____Cardiovascular__
j. Uses blood as a transport vehicle
____Muscular____
k. Generates body heat and provides for locomotion of the body as a whole.
____Reproductive_____
l. Necessary for childbearing (2 answers)
____Endocrine________
____Urinary__________ m. Regulates water and acid-base balance of the blood
____Integumentary____ n. Is damaged when you fall and scrape your knee
2. Using the key from the previous page, choose the organ system to which each of the following sets
of organs or body structures belongs:
____Lymphatic____
a. Lymph nodes, spleen, lymphatic vessels
___Skeletal_____
b. Bones, cartilages, ligaments
___Endocrine_____
c. Thyroid, thymus, pituitary
___Respiratory_____
d. Trachea, bronchi, alveoli
___Reproductive (F)__
e. Uterus, ovaries, vagina
____Cardiovascular__
f. Arteries, veins, heart
3. Using the key below, place the following organs in their proper body cavity:
Key:
Abdominopelvic
Cranial
Spinal
Thoracic
_abdonimopelvic_ a. stomach
_abdonimopelvic f. urinary bladder
__thoracic__
b. esophagus
__toracic_
g. heart
abdonimopelvic
c. large intestine
___thoracic___
h. trachea
abdominopelvic
d. liver
__cranial______
i. brain
___spinal___
e. spinal cord
_abdominopelvic j. rectum
4. Using the terms provided, correctly identify all of the body organs provided with leader lines in the
drawings below. Then name the organ systems by entering the name of each on the answer blank
below each drawing.
Key:
Blood vessels
Brain
a. ____Nervous System_____
Heart
Kidney
Nerves
Sensory organ
b. ___Cardiovascular System_
Spinal cord
Ureter
Urethra
Urinary bladder
c. ____Urinary System___
5. Define organ. A structure composed of two or more tissue types and performs a specific function
for the body.
6. The levels of organization in all multicellular organisms from smallest to largest is:
Cells → __tissue___ → ____organ____ → ____organ system___ → organism