Organs Systems Overview Integumentar Syste Nervou Syste ● Cushions and protects deeper tissues from injury ● Fast-acting control system ● External covering of the body ● Activates muscles and glands ● Excretes salts and urea in sweat ● Responds to internal and external change ● Helps regulate temperature (homeostasis) ● Location of cutaneous nerve receptors ● Synthesis of vitamin D Cardiovascular Syste ● and delivers: Muscular Syste ● ● Transports materials in blood via blood pumped by heart ○ Oxygen Only one function: to contract or shorten ○ Carbon Dioxide ○ allows locomotion ○ Hormones ○ maintains posture ○ Nutrients ○ produces heat ○ Wastes Three main types Respirator Syste ○ Skeletal muscle ● Keeps blood supplied with oxygen ○ Smooth muscle ● Removes carbon dioxide ○ Cardiac muscle Skeleta Syste Endocrin Syste ● Secretes regulatory hormones into the blood that targets ● Protects and supports body organs ● Site of blood cell formation ○ Growth ● Provides Muscle Attachment for movement ○ Reproduction ● Stores Minerals ○ Metabolism: food used by cells Digestiv Syste ● distant organs Lymphati Syste Breaks down food into nutrients such as: ● Returns fluids to blood vessels ○ Carbohydrates ● Disposes debris ○ Fats ● Houses cells involved in immunity ○ Proteins Urinar Syste ● Filters blood ● Creates urine as a waste by-product Reproductiv Syste ● Male and female ● Produce human o spring
