Organ Systems

Organ system
Function
Organs, tissues, and

structures involved
The cardiovascular system transports oxygen,

nutrients, and other substances to the cells and
transports wastes, carbon dioxide, and other
Cardiovascular
substances away from the cells. It can also help
Heart, blood, and blood
stabilize body temperature and pH
vessels
The main job of the lymphatic system is to make

and move lymph, a clear fluid that contains white
blood cells which help the body fight infection. It
Lymphatic
also removes excess lymph fluid from bodily
Lymph, lymph nodes, and
tissues and returns it to the body.
lymph vessels
The digestive system consists of a series of
Digestive
connected organs that together, allow the body to
Mouth, salivary glands,
break down and absorb food, and remove waste. It
esophagus, stomach,
includes the mouth, oesophagus , stomach, small
liver, gallbladder,
intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. The
exocrine pancreas, small
liver and pancreas also play a role in the digestive
intestine, and large
system because they produce digestive juices.
intestine
The endocrine system consists of eight major
Endocrine
glands that secrete hormones into the blood. These
Pituitary, pineal, thyroid,
hormones, in turn to travel to different tissues and
parathyroids, endocrine
regulate various bodily functions such as
pancreas, adrenals,
metabolism, growth and sexual function.
testes, and ovaries.
The skin, or the integumentary system is the

bodys largest organ. It protects us from the
outside world and is our first defense against
bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. Our skin
Integumentary
also helps regulate body temperature and
Skin, hair, and nails
Organ system
Function

structures involved
eliminate waste through perspiration. It also

includes hair and nails.
The muscular system aids in movement, blood flow
and other bodily functions. There are three types
of muscle: skeletal muscle which is connected to
bone and helps with voluntary movement, smooth
muscle which is found inside organs and helps to
move substances through organs, and cardiac
Muscular
muscle which is found in the heart and helps pump
Skeletal, cardiac, and
blood.
smooth muscles
The nervous system controls both voluntary action

(like conscious movement) and involuntary actions
(like breathing), and sends signals to different
parts of the body. The central nervous system
Nervous
includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral
Brain, spinal cord,
nervous system consists of nerves that connect
nerves, and sensory
every other part of the body to the central nervous
organseyes, ears,
system.
tongue, skin, and nose
The reproductive system allows humans to
Reproductive
reproduce. The make reproductive system
Fallopian tubes, uterus,
invludes the penis and testes, which produce
vagina, ovaries,
sperm. The female reproductive system consists of
mammary glands
the vagina, the uterus and the ovaries, which
(female), testes, vas
produce eggs. During conception, a sperm cell
deferens, seminal
fuses with an egg cell, which reates a fertilized that
vesicles, prostate, and
implants and grows in the uterus.
penis (male)
Organ system
Function

structures involved
The respiratory system allows us to take in vital
Respiratory
oxygen and expel carbon dioxide in a process we
Mouth, nose, pharynx,
call breathing. It consists mainly of the trachea, the
larynx, trachea, trachea,
diaphragm and the lungs.
lungs, and diaphragm
The skeletal system consists of 206 bones that are

connected by tendons, ligaments and cartilage. The
skeleton not only helps us move, but its also
involved in the production of blood cells and the
Skeletal
storage of calcium. The teeth are also part of the
Bones, cartilage, joints,
skeletal system, but they arent considered bones.
tendons, and ligaments
The urinary system helps eliminate a waste

product called urea from the body which is
produced when certain foods are broken down.
The whole system includes two kidneys, two
ureters, the bladder, two sphincter muscles and
the urethra. Urine produced by the kidneys travels
Urinary
down the ureters to the bladder, and exits the body
Kidneys, ureters, urinary
through the urethra.
bladder, and urethra

Lymph nodes,
Lymphocytes (B-cells and
Immune
The immune system is the bodys defense against
T-cells) Leukocytes,
bacteria, viruses and other pathogens that may be
tonsils, adenoids, thymus,
harmful.
and spleen

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Organ system

Organs, tissues, and

The cardiovascular system transports oxygen,

substances away from the cells. It can also help

Heart, blood, and blood

stabilize body temperature and pH

The main job of the lymphatic system is to make

also removes excess lymph fluid from bodily

Lymph, lymph nodes, and

tissues and returns it to the body.

The digestive system consists of a series of

connected organs that together, allow the body to

Mouth, salivary glands,

break down and absorb food, and remove waste. It

includes the mouth, oesophagus , stomach, small

intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. The

exocrine pancreas, small

liver and pancreas also play a role in the digestive

intestine, and large

system because they produce digestive juices.

The endocrine system consists of eight major

glands that secrete hormones into the blood. These

Pituitary, pineal, thyroid,

hormones, in turn to travel to different tissues and

regulate various bodily functions such as

metabolism, growth and sexual function.

testes, and ovaries.

The skin, or the integumentary system is the

also helps regulate body temperature and

Skin, hair, and nails

Organs, tissues, and

eliminate waste through perspiration. It also

muscle which is found in the heart and helps pump

Skeletal, cardiac, and

The nervous system controls both voluntary action

includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral

Brain, spinal cord,

nervous system consists of nerves that connect

nerves, and sensory

every other part of the body to the central nervous

tongue, skin, and nose

The reproductive system allows humans to

reproduce. The make reproductive system

Fallopian tubes, uterus,

invludes the penis and testes, which produce

sperm. The female reproductive system consists of

the vagina, the uterus and the ovaries, which

(female), testes, vas

produce eggs. During conception, a sperm cell

fuses with an egg cell, which reates a fertilized that

vesicles, prostate, and

implants and grows in the uterus.

Organs, tissues, and

The respiratory system allows us to take in vital

oxygen and expel carbon dioxide in a process we

Mouth, nose, pharynx,

call breathing. It consists mainly of the trachea, the

larynx, trachea, trachea,

diaphragm and the lungs.