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BIOS 135 Exam 1
1. Integumentary System:
Answer forms the external body covering, and protects deeper tissues from injury; synthesizes Vitamin D, houses cutaneous (pain, pressure, etc.) receptors and sweat/oil glands
2. Skeletal System:
Answer protects and supports body organs, and provides framework the muscles use to cause movement; blood cells are formed within bones; bones store minerals
3. Muscular System:
Answer allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expression; maintains posture, produces heat
4. Nervous System:
Answer as the fast-acting control system of the body, it responds to internal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands
5. Endocrine System:
Answer glands secrete hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction, and nutrient use (metabolism) by body cells; includes thyroid; testosterone (excess/deficiency causes problems)
6. Cardiovascular System:
Answer blood vessels transport blood, which carries oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, etc.; heart pumps blood; 80-90% of what flows through bloods traceable on blood tests
7. Lymphatic System/Immunity:
Answer picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and re- turns it to blood; disposes of debris; houses while blood cells (lymphocytes) involved in immunity; immune response mounts the attack against foreign substances in the body
8. Respiratory System:
Answer keeps blood constantly supplied with oxygen and removes CO2; gaseous exchange occurs through he walls of the air sacs of the lungs 1 / 2
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9. Digestive System:
Answer breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood for distribution to body cells; indigestible eliminated as feces
10. Urinary System:
Answer eliminated nitrogenous wastes from the body; regulates water, electrolyte and acid- base balance of the blood
11. Male Reproductive System:
Answer overall function is production of offspring; testes produce sperm and male sex hormone, male ducts and glands aid in delivery of sperm to the female reproductive tract
12. Female Reproductive System:
Answer overall function is production of offspring; ovaries produce eggs and female sex hormones; remaining structures serve as sites for fertilization and development of fetus; mammary glands of female breasts produce milk to nourish newborns
13. Specific Body Areas (dark terms from slides) *see pic:
- Cephalic
- Cervical
- Thoracic
- Abdominal
- Pelvic
- Pubic
- Pedal
- Lower Limb
- Manus (hand)
- Upper Limb
- Back (dorsal)
14. Dorsal Body Cavities (lateral view) *see pic:
Answer Dorsal Body Cavity
- Cranial Cavity (brain)
- Vertebral Cavity (spinal cord)
15. Ventral Body Cavities (anterior view) *see pic:
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