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| Includes bone, cartilage, adipose (fat) and blood vessels. Serves to connect different structures of the body. |
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| Includes skin. Commonly exists in sheets; can provide covering or produce secretions. Shapes include squamous, cuboidal and columnar. |
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| Three types: skeletal, cardiac and smooth. Skeletal muscle supports voluntary movement. Smooth muscle and cardiace muscle, which is only found in the heart, are under involuntary control. |
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| provides structure for the brain, spinal cord and nerves. |
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| transportation system for oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients. |
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| breaks down food so that nutrients can be passed into the blood. |
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| controls bodily functions. Glands in endocrine system secrete hormones that travel through blood. Glands such as pineal, pituitary, thalamus, hypothalamus, thyroid, thymus and adrenal regulate processes such as growth and metabolism. |
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| consists of skin, mucous membranes, hair and nails. Protects internal tissues, waterproofs body and helps regulate body temperature. Also serves as barrier to pathogens. |
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| helps cleans blood and houses white blood cells, which are involved in protecting body from pathogens. |
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| consists of skeletal muscles, tendons that connect muscles to bones and ligaments that attach bones together to form joints. Cardiac and smooth muscles are NOT included in muscular system. |
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| consists of brain, spinal cord and nerves and serves as body's control system. Once a threat is detected, nervous system activates appropriate muscles or glands to respond. |
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| produces offspring. consists of testes, penis, ovaries, vagina and breasts. |
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| keeps body's cells supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide as it is released from the cells. consists of nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and lungs. lungs house tiny air sacs called alveoli. It is through walls of alveoli that oxygen and carbon dioxide move in and out of lungs via small blood vessels called arterioles. |
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| provides support and protections for the body. consists of bones, cartilage, ligaments and joints. |
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| helps maintain water and electrolyte balance, regulates acid-base balance in blood and removes all nitrogen-containing wastes from body. |
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