Human Body Systems
by Tyler Hill
1. Skeletal System: Keeps the shape of the body intact and acts as a protector of the inner organs.
2. Integumentary System: Hair, Skin, and nails all act to protect the inner organs.
3. Lymphatic System: Insures organs have enough fluid, defends the body, and absorbs fats.
4. Nervous System: Sends and Receives Messages through the spinal cord.
5. Brain: Sends, Interprets and Recieves Messages
6. Spinal Cord: Carries Messages traveling between the brain and body.
7. Cranial and Spinal Nerves: Carries Messages all over the body.
8. Bone: Provides Support and Protection to internal organs and creates a system of levers that allows for movement.
9. Ligament: Attaches Bone to Bone
10. Tendon: Attaches Muscle to Bone.
11. Cartilage: Provides support and protection but is more flexible then bone.
12. Hair: Protects sensitive areas and helps regulate body temperature.
13. Skin: Protects the internal body from the outside world
14. Nails: Protects the ends of the fingers and toes and aids in manipulation objects.
15. Lymph: Fluid containing White Blood Cells that fight infection.
16. Thymus: Produces T-Cells that fight infection
17. Spleen: Filters Blood, stores RBC's and helps detect foreign substances.
18. Digestive System: Breaks down food into molecules whi.ch then are absorbed into the body
19. Respiratory System: Gets O2 in the body and CO2 out of the body, and regulates PH levels in the blood.
20. Endocrine System: Produce and Regulates hormones in the body.
21. Circulatory System: Pumps blood to the body.
22. Excretory System: Stores and releases urine from the body.
23. Trachea: Airway from mouth/nose to lungs
24. Bronchi: Air Passageways within the lungs
25. Lungs: Where O2 and CO2 are exchanged with blood
26. Diaphragm: The muscle that allows the lungs to expand, and therefore breathing to occur
27. Stomach: Stores, Mechanically Mashes, and chemically digests proteins.
28. Small Intestine:Stores, Mechanically Mashes, and chemically digests proteins.
29. Pancreas: Makes Digestive Enzymes for the Small Intestine
30. Large Intestine: Removes water from food that cannot be digested.
31. Heart: Pumps Blood
32. Blood Vessels: Carries Blood to all the tissues of the body
33. Blood: Transports gasses, nutrients, and hormones.
34. Kidney: Filters blood to remove waste and make urine
35. Urinary Bladder: Stores Urine until it is ready to be expelled.
36. Spleen: Filters blood to remove waste and make urine.
37. Thyroid: Secretes hormones that regulate growth and metabolism.
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38. Pancreas: Secretes hormones that regulate the amount of glucose in the blood
39. Pituitary Gland: Secretes hormones that regulate growth and metabolism and is the link between the nervous system and the endocrine system
