17 August, 2009

Body Systems

1) Integumentary (skin, nails, hair, sweat glands)
2) Skeletal (bones, cartilage, joints)
3) Muscular (muscles, tendons )
4) Nervous (brain, spinal cord, nerves)
5) Endocrine (pancreas, glands, testes, ovaries, kidneys, pancreas, thyroid, pituary etc – containers of hormones and transporters)
6) Cardiovascular (heart, blood vessels, arteries, veins, capillaries, blood)
7) Lymphatic (spleen, lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus)
8) Respiratory (lungs, bronchi, pharynx, throat, larynx, trachea, alveoli)
9) Digestive (mouth, salivary glands, pharynx, oesophagus, liver, stomach, pancreas, gall bladder, large intestine, small intestine, anus)
10) Urinary (kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra)
11) Reproductive (mammary glands, uterine [fallopian] tubes, ovaries, uterus, vagina/dutcus deferens, seminal vesicles )