Obtaining food and transporting it
within the body
- the nervous and musculoskeletal
systems are involved with
obtaining food
- the digestive system processes
food
- in the circulatory system, blood
vessels transport all digested food
nutrients
- the entry of necessary carbon
dioxide is controlled by cells in the
dermal tissue system
- the ground tissue system in
leaves produces the plant’s own
food (sugars)
- the vascular system transports
sugars and other complex
compounds in phloem