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

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Function

Organs, tissues, and

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

Organs, tissues, and

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