Body System Basics

Foldable

• List all 11 body systems on the flaps of your foldable

• Inside the flaps, write information about each of the body systems

• Include the basic function of the system and any major organs of that system

Skeletal System

• Function: To give the body support and structure. Protects major organs from damage

• Organs: Bones and cartilage

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Muscular System

• Function: Works with the skeletal system to allow movement of the body.

• Organs: Heart, arm and leg muscles, etc.

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Integumentary System

• Function: To protect the interior of the body. Keeps good stuff (water and organs) in and bad stuff (viruses) out

• Organs: Skin, hair and nails

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Cardiovascular System

• Function: Pumps blood throughout the body

• Organs: Heart, arteries, veins, capillaries

Respiratory System

• Function: To take in oxygen and remove waste gases

• Organs: Lungs, diaphragm, trachea, bronchi

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Digestive System

• Function: To break down the food we eat and absorb the nutrients from it

• Organs: Stomach, intestines (large and small), esophagus, liver, gall bladder

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Urinary System

• Function: To filter the blood and remove liquid waste from the body

• Organs: Kidneys, urinary bladder

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Nervous System

• Function: Keep you in touch with the world around you. Sensory system (hearing, seeing, tasting, touching, smelling)

• Organs: Brain, spinal cord, eyes, ears, nose, taste buds

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Reproductive System

• Function: To make more people and pass along genetic information

• Organs: Ovaries (female), testes (male)

Endocrine System

• Function: To create chemical messengers (hormones) to be sent throughout the body

• Organs: Pancreas, Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Adrenal glands

Lymphatic System

• Function: Helps with fluid movement throughout the body and fights disease

• Organs: Spleen, Tonsils, Lymph Nodes and vessels

Body Systems EQs (p. 64)

1. What is homeostasis and how do the systems of the human body help to maintain it?

Body Systems EQs

2. (BIG Question) For each of the body systems listed, explain how the system provides for the needs of humans as organisms as well as describing the major organs of that system: Skeletal, Muscular, Integumentary, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Digestive, Nervous, Reproductive, Endocrine.

Body Systems EQs

3. Give four examples (from different systems) of how the structure of an organ is related to its function in the human body.

Body Systems EQs

4. Explain three ways in which understanding human body systems helps people make informed decisions about health.

Body Systems Title Page

• On page 65 in your notebook, you need to make a title page for HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS

• Look through pages 144 – 327 to get ideas for images to include in your title page.

• Be sure to include questions you have about the human body