“Human Body
Systems”
SCIENCE 9
“Respiratory and
Circulatory
Systems”
HUMAN BODY SYSTEM
Respiratory System
• Function
• Puts oxygen into the body & removes Carbon
dioxide
• Main parts
• Lungs
• Nasal passages
• Throat
• Nose
What it helps you do…
• Arteries help carry oxygenated
blood away from the heart
• Veins carry un-oxygenated
blood toward the heart
• Capillaries are tiny blood
vessels that connect arteries
and veins. Gas exchange takes
place here.
Interactions with other systems:
• Works with the respiratory system to help you
transport oxygen and carbon dioxide.
• Works with the excretory to help remove waste from
the body.
• Works with the digestive system to transport
nutrients.
• Works with the muscular system to help circulate
nutrients.
Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System
• Function
• Carries blood and nutrients to the cells of the body
• Carries waste away from the cells, such as carbon dioxide.
• Main Parts
• Heart
• Blood (made up of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells &
platelets)
• Veins
• Arteries
What it helps you do…
• Breathe
• Sustain life
Interactions with other systems:
•Circulatory – transports vital materials to
the cells.
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Nervous System
• Functions
• Controls all body’s functions
• Senses and recognizes information
from inside and outside of the
body
Nervous System
• Main Parts
• Brain
• Nerves
• Spinal cord
What it helps you do…
• Move
• Sense things from the environment
• And much more!
Interactions with other systems:
• All systems – helps keep the systems functioning
Integumentary (Skin) System
• Function
• 1st line of defense against disease
• Helps maintain body temperature
• Keeps fluids inside
• Main Parts
• Skin
• Sweat glands
• Hair
• nails
What it helps you do…
• Helps you maintain fluids (don’t dehydrate)
• Helps you know your environment by feeling
things around you
• Protect organs
• Remove waste
Interactions with other systems…
•Works with the excretory and the immune
system to help remove cellular waste and
protect us from disease.
Skeletal System
• Support and protect body parts.
• Helps maintain homeostasis
• Makes red blood cells (red bone marrow)
Skeletal System: Parts & Function
Main parts:
• Bones
• Cartilage
• Connective Tissue
Function:
• Helps support your body parts
• Helps support your body during movement
• Helps protect your major organs:
• Skull protects the brain
• Sternum and ribs protects the heart and lungs
• Vertebra protect the spinal cord
Skeletal System Interactions
• Works with the muscular system
to help you move.
Muscular System
• Function
• Helps you move.
• Moves materials through the body
• Main parts
• Muscles
• Tendons
• Ligaments
• Muscles in organs
Three types of muscles found in the body:
• Cardiac – found in the
_______________ (____________
muscle)
• _______________ - attaches to the
bones (____________ muscle)
• Smooth – lines ____________ and
vessels. (____________muscle)
Muscular Systems help you…
• Helps you move
• Helps you move materials through the body
• Maintain homeostasis
• Skeletal muscles work in pairs: one contracts and the
other returns to its original length.
Interactions with other systems
• Works with the skeletal system to help you move by
your muscles pulling on your bones.
• Works with the nervous system and controls the types
of movements: voluntary (under your control – ex:
talking) and involuntary (NOT under your control – ex:
heartbeat)
Three types of muscles found in the body:
• Cardiac – found in the heart (____________ muscle)
• Skeletal- attaches to the bones (____________
muscle)
• Smooth – lines organs and vessels.
(____________muscle)
Digestive System
• Function
• Takes food & breaks it down into nutrients the body needs
Digestive System
• Main parts:
• Mouth
• Stomach
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Small intestines
• Large intestines
• Rectum
What it helps you do…
• It provides nutrients to your
body’s cells
Interactions with other systems:
• Circulatory – helps transport nutrients to the body’s cells
Excretory System
• Functions
• Removes wastes from blood
• Removes harmful substances from
blood
• Regulates body fluids
Excretory System
• Main Parts
• Kidneys
• Urinary bladder
What it helps you do…
• Maintain homeostasis
• Removes waste
What system does it interact with:
• Circulatory – to help remove waste from the
blood
Immune System
• Functions
• Fights off disease
Immune System
• Main Parts
• Lymph nodes
• White blood cells
• Skin
What it helps you do…
• Maintain a healthy body
Interactions with other systems:
• Circulatory, integumentary, lymphatic –
helps fight diseases
Reproductive System
• Functions
• Produce offspring
• Males- make sperm
• Females- make eggs
Reproductive System
• Main Parts
• Male
• Penis
• Testes
• Female
• Uterus
• Ovary
• Vagina
What it helps you do…
• Continuation of the species
