Body Systems Chart

System Illustration Structures Function

Digestive
Mouth: Beginning of digestion
Stomach: acids and muscles break
down food
Small intestine absorbs nutrients from
food
Large intestine absorbs water
breaks down food into substances that
cells can absorb and use.
Circulatory
Heart: Muscle that pushes blood
through arteries
Arteries: Carry blood away from heart
the has oygen and nutrients
!eins: Carry blood to the heart that is
low in oygen and high in waste
deli"ery system of the body. #t deli"ers
nutrients and oygen throughout the
body cells and picks up waste.
Respiratory
Lungs take in oygen into the body and
release carbon dioide
$iaphragm muscle that forces the lungs
to epand and contract and bring air
into and out of the lungs.
brings oygen into the body and remo"es
carbon dioide.
Excretory
%idneys is a filter for the blood
#ncludes the sweat glands& the lungs& the
kidney system& urinary system and
others.
disposes of wastes and controls body
fluid le"els
Immune
#ncludes white blood cells that fight
bacteria and "iruses
'ights infection and illness. #ncludes the
white blood cells
Skeletal
Bones& cartilage& ligaments& tendons pro"ide support and structure to the body
Blood cells are made in bone marrow
Muscular
Muscles including "oluntary and
in"oluntary
allow mo"ement of bones and body parts
by working with the ner"ous and skeletal
systems
Nervous
Brain& spinal cord& ner"es recei"es stimuli from inside and outside
of the body and responds to change
Maintains homeostasis which is the
regulation of steady& life(maintaining
conditions by all of the body systems
Integumentary
#ncludes skin )largest organ of the
body*& hair& and fingernails
+he skin protects and pro"ides a barrier
to keep out foreign materials and to
pre"ent the body from drying out.
Endocrine
,lands and hormones -egulates body functions through
chemical messengers called hormones&
Controls things such as homeostasis&
de"elopment& and growth
Reproductive
'emale: o"aries& uterus& "agina
Male: testis& penis& scrotum
.erforms reproduction& controls male and
female functions and beha"iors