Body Systems
The body system that functions in body movement by contraction
What is the muscular system?
The main organ of the respiratory system?
What are the lungs?
The name for organs that release hormones
What are glands?
Liquid that functions in transporting oxygen and nutrients to the lungs and tissues
What is the blood?
The body system functioning in the body's intake of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
The body system that functions in fighting off foreign invaders within the body
What is the immune system?
The 3 major organs of the nervous system
What are the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
The hormone produced in the pancreas, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood
What is insulin?
The largest organ in the body
What is the integument/skin?
The body system responsible for gathering and interpreting information, responding to information, and maintaining homeostasis
What is the nervous system?
The body system functioning in transporting materials to and from cells
What is the circulatory system?
The major organ of the excretory system
What are the kidneys?
The glands located on top of the kidneys
What are the adrenal glands?
Organ that functions in the removal of waste products and excess fluid from the body
What are the kidneys?
The body system that stores and carries WBCs that fight disease and collects excess fluid that is returned to the blood
What is the lymphatic system?
The body system functioning in ingestion (the intake of food), nutrients absorption, and the removal of indigestible food from the body
What is the digestive system?
Organ whose main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body
What is the liver?
The gland that secretes the hormone insulin
What is the pancreas?
The clear to white liquid part of blood, similar to plasma; it is composed of lymphocytes and white blood cells
What is lymph?
The body system functioning in body temperature regulation and protection; this system is also a barrier against infection
What is the integumentary system?
The body system involving the removal of waste products and the filtering of blood
What is the excretory/urinary system?
The organs of the circulatory system that transport blood AWAY and TO the heart
What are the veins (to the heart) and arteries (away from the heart)?
The two hormones secreted in males and females responsible for their sexual development
What are estrogen and testosterone?
Organ that stores urine, allowing urination to be infrequent and controlled
What is the bladder?
The body system functioning in body regulation through the use of hormones.
What is the endocrine system?