Organ Systems (pg 6)

1. Integumentary System

• Functions: Covers and protects the body, regulates temperature

• Components: Skin, hair, nails, sweat and oil glands

2. Skeletal System

• Functions: Provides support for body, attachment point for muscles

• Components: Bones, cartilage, ligaments

3. Muscular System

• Functions: Produces movement, maintains posture, produces heat

• Components: Muscles, tendons

4. Nervous System

• Functions: Senses and responds to stimuli, coordinates body activities

• Components: Brain, spinal cord, nerves, sense receptors

5. Endocrine system• Functions: Produces hormones, which

regulate metabolism and body chemistry• Components: Pituitary, pineal, adrenal,

thyroid, thymus, pancreas, gonads

6. Cardiovascular• Functions: Transports oxygen and nutrients to

body tissues• Components: Heart, blood vessels, blood

7. Lymphatic• Functions: Defends against disease, returns

fluid to blood• Components: Lymph vessels, lymph nodes,

spleen

8. Digestive

• Functions: Digests food and absorbs nutrients• Components: Mouth, esophagus, stomach,

intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas

9. Respiratory

• Functions: exchanges gases between air and blood

• Components: Trachea, lungs

10. Urinary

• Functions: Excretes wastes• Components: Kidneys, urinary bladder

11. Reproductive

• Functions: Creates new humans• Components: Testes, ovaries, and accessory

structures

Organ Skits!

• You will work in your lab groups to create a short (1-2 minutes) skit about the location and functions of an organ

• Use your book to help you• Write the script on page 7 (every member

must write down the whole script)

Choose one of the following organs:

KidneysLiverPancreasLymph nodesGallbladderTrachea and esophagusThyroid and thymus Spleen