2. Body systems Flashcards
musculoskeletal system - organs
cartilage ligaments bones tendons muscles
musculoskeletal system - function
to support the body,
to maintain body posture,
to protect organs,
to produce movement
circulatory system - organs
capillaries arteries veins heart blood
circulatory system - function
to transport nutrients around the body
to supply cells with oxygen
respiratory system - organs
alveoli
lungs
airways
respiratory system - function
to obtain oxygen from the air
to remove carbon dioxide from the body
digestive system - organs
mouth,
oesophagus
stomach
intestines
digestive system - function
to ingest food
to digest it and absord nutrients
nervous system - organs
neurons
brain
spinal cord
nervous system - function
to coordinate the activity of the other body systems
to adapt the body to the environment
urinary system - organs
kidneys
urethra
urinary bladder
ureters
urinary system - function
to excrete the waste products of metabolism in the form of urine
reproductive system - organs
uterus fallopian tubes ovaries testicles scrotum
reproductive system - function
to enable humans to have offspring
endocrine system - organs
glands (adrenals, gonads)
hormones
endocrine system - function
to control various body fuctions
to maintain homeostasis
integumentary system - organs
dermis - skóra właściwa sebaceous glands - gruczoły łojowe epidermis - naskórek hair hypodermis - tkanka podskórna
integumentary system - function
to cover and protect the body
to regulate temperature
jajowód
fallopian tube
jądro
testicle
moszna
scrotum
gruczoły łojowe
sebaceous glands
potomstwo
offspirng
mówienie o funkcji danego systemu
the function is to
the system is concerned with/ is involved in /respionsible for
the functions of the system include