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Use your internet browser and research the different body systems in the human body. You may refer to resources provided earlier this week.
Create a chart, or use the one provided, that includes the following:
- Identify the major body systems in the human body.
- List the organs found in each body system.
- Define the basic function of each body system.
- List two conditions or diseases that can be found in each body system.
- Identify a body system that interacts with the body system identified.
- Example: The circulatory system interacts with the integumentary system.
- After you have completed your chart, write a small paragraph that includes the following (this paragraph may follow your chart):
- What is one strength you have about understanding the body system?
- What is one opportunity you would like to have with understanding the body system? For example:
- What would you have liked to learn?
- What do you need more practice with?
- Which information would you like to recall more readily?
Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar resources.
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Terminology of the Body Systems
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Terminology of the Body Systems
Use your internet browser and research the different body systems in the human body. Complete the chart below.
Body System
List the organs
found in the body
system.
Circulatory
System
Heart, blood, blood
vessels (arteries,
capillaries and
veins) and lungs
(Foc, 2005).
Define the basic function of the List two conditions or
body system.
diseases that can be
found in each body
system.
1. Transportation of oxygen
and carbon dioxide to
various body parts.
2. Transportation of
nutrients and waste
products a such as
vitamins, protein
building blocks (amino
acids), minerals, carbon
dioxide and other toxins.
3. Fight disease casing
agents, thus acting as
messengers of the
immune system. This
function is accomplished
by white blood cells.
4. Cardiovascular system
transports hormones to
endocrine organs. Such
hormones include but not
High blood pressure and
Atherosclerosis &
coronary artery disease
(Susan, 2017).
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Identify a body
system that interacts
with the body system
identified.
Immune system
Terminology of the Body Systems
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limited to insulin, thyroid
hormones and those
produced in testes and
ovaries ((Foc, 2005).
5. Thermoregulation
process of vasodilatation
and vasoconstriction.
Digestive System
Gastrointestinal
tract, liver, salivary
glands, tongue,
gallbladder,
pancreas, mouth,
teeth, epiglottis,
stomach (Fauci et al.
2008).
Endocrine System
Hypothalamus,
pituitary gland,
thyroid gland,
Two major functions of the
digestive system are digestion
and absorption of food.
Digestion is the chemical
breakdown of food into small
particles while absorption is
assimilation of food into the
body aided by processes of
active transport ...