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Integumentary System
Major organs: Epidermal & dermal regions, cutaneous sense organs and glands.

Function: Protects deeper organs; excretes salts & urea; aids in regulation of body temperature; produces vitamin D.
Skeletal System
Major organs: Bones, cartilages, tendons, ligaments, and joints.

Function: Body support & protection of internal organs. Provides levers for muscular action. Blood cell formation.
Muscular System
Major organs: Muscles attached to the skeleton.

Function: Allow locomotion & facial expression. Generates heat.
Nervous System
Major organs: Brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory receptors.

Function: Helps maintain homeostasis of the body. Allows body to detect changes in internal and external environment.
Endocrine System
Major organs: Pituitary, thymus, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands; ovaries, testes, and pancreas.

Function: Helps maintain body homeostasis, promotes growth & development; produces hormones.
Cardiovascular System
Major organs: Heart, blood vessels, and blood.

Function: Carries blood containing oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, & other substances to & from tissues cells where exchanges are made.
Lymphatic/Immunity System
Major organs: Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, tonsils & lymphoid tissue.

Function: Picks up fluid leaked from the blood vessels & returns to blood; cleanses blood of pathogens & other debris; protects body from antigens.
Respiratory System
Major organs: Nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.

Function: Keeps blood supplied with oxygen while removing carbon dioxide; acid-base balance of blood.
Digestive System
Major organs: Oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small & large intestines. (teeth, salivary glands, liver & pancreas)

Function: Breaks down ingested foods; undigested removed from body as feces.
Urinary System
Major organs: Kidneys, ureters, bladder & urethra.

Function: Rids body of nitrogen-containing wastes; maintains water, electrolyte & acid-base balance of blood.
Reproductive System
Major organs: (Male): testes, prostate gland, scrotum, penis & duct system. (Female): ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, mamary glands & vagina.

Function: (Male): provides sperm for reproduction. (Female): Provides eggs; uterus houses developing fetus; mammary glands provide nutrition for infant.
Name 11 Organ Systems of the Body
Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine, Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Respiratory, Digestive, Urinary & Reproductive