ANIMAL ORGAN SYSTEM

Anatomy and Physiology

 ANIMALS
• multicellular eukaryotic organisms that
form the biological kingdom Animalia

ANATOMY
study of the biological form (structure) of an
organism

PHYSIOLOGY
study of the biological function an organism
performs
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
 FOUR MAIN TYPES OF TISSUES

covers the senses stimuli

outside of the controls body binds and
and transmits
body and lines movement supports other
signals
the organs and throughout the (skeletal, smooth, tissues
cavities within cardiac)
the body animal
CLASSIFICATION OF EPITHELIAL TISSUES
ACCORDING TO CELL LAYERS
Simple epithelium - one layer of cells
Stratified epithelium - more than one cell layer
Pseudostratified epithelium - one layer, but
appears to have 2 or more layers
Transitional epithelium - stratified epithelium that
can be greatly stretched

ACCORDING TO CELL SHAPE

Squamous - flat and thin
Cuboidal – cube-like
Columnar - tall and thin
NERVOUS TISSUES
 SKELETAL MUSCLE

tissues responsible for the movement of the body;

under voluntary (conscious) control
 SMOOTH MUSCLE

Regulates the size of organs, forces fluid through tubes, controls the amount of light
entering the eye, produces “goose flesh” in the skin; under involuntary (unconscious)
control
 CARDIAC MUSCLE

pumps the blood; under involuntary control

REGULAR FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
IRREGULAR FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
ORGAN SYSTEMS OF
THE HUMAN BODY
ANIMAL ORGAN SYSTEM
Anatomy and Physiology