1. Integumentary System: The skin, hair, and nails. Acts as a barrier against infection, regulates temperature, and provides sensory input.
2. Skeletal System: Bones, cartilage, and joints. Provides support, structure, and protection for organs. Produces blood cells.
3. Muscular System: Muscles responsible for movement, posture, and heat production.
4. Nervous System: Brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Controls and coordinates all body functions, receives and processes sensory information, and sends signals to muscles and glands.
5. Endocrine System: Glands that produce hormones, such as the thyroid, pancreas, and adrenal glands. Regulates growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
6. Cardiovascular System: Heart, blood vessels, and blood. Transports oxygen, nutrients, and waste products throughout the body.
7. Lymphatic System: Lymph vessels, lymph nodes, and spleen. Collects excess fluid from tissues, filters it, and returns it to the blood. Also plays a role in immunity.
8. Respiratory System: Lungs, trachea, bronchi, and diaphragm. Responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.
9. Digestive System: Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and accessory organs like the liver and pancreas. Breaks down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body.
10. Urinary System: Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Filters waste products from the blood and produces urine.
11. Reproductive System: Male and female reproductive organs responsible for producing sex hormones and gametes (sperm and egg) for reproduction.
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