Body Systems Chart

System Illustration Structures Function

Mouth: Beginning of digestion
Esophagus, stomach, small and large
Digestive intestine and accessory structures
(teeth salivary glands, liver,
gallbladder and pancreas)
Heart, blood vessels, blood
Circulatory
Or cardiovascular
Breaks down ingested foods to tiny
particles, which can be absorbed into
the blood for delivery to the body’s
cells.
Undigested residue leaves the body as
feces
Primary transport system that carries
blood containing oxygen, carbon
dioxide, nutrients, wastes, ions,
hormones and other substances to and
from the cells where exchanges are
made; pumping action of the heart
propels blood through the blood
vessels.
Protect body with blood clots,
antibodies and other protein molecules

Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, Keeps the blood continuously supplied

bronchi, and lungs. with oxygen while removing carbon
Respiratory dioxide.

Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and Rids the body of nitrogen-containing

urethra wastes (urea, uric acid, and ammonia)
Excretory which results from the breakdown of
proteins and nucleic acids by the
body’s cells
Maintains water, electrolyte and acid
base balance of blood
 Lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes,
spleen, thymus and tonsils
Immune/lymphatic
Picks up fluid leaded from the blood
vessels and returns it to the blood.
Cleanses blood of pathogens and other
debris
House cells (lymphocytes and others)
that ace in the immune response to
protect the body from foreign
substances (antigens)
 Bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons,
and joints
Skeletal
Muscles including voluntary and
involuntary
Muscular
Brain, spinal cord, nerves and
special sense organs
Nervous
Includes skin (largest organ of the
body), hair, and fingernails, cutaneous
organs and glands (ie sweat glands)
Integumentary
Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal
and pineal glands; ovaries, testes and
Endocrine pancreas
Female: ovaries, uterus, vagina, uterine
tubes
Reproductive
Male: testis, penis, scrotum, duct system
which carries sperm to the body exterior.
Supports and protects internal organs
Provides levers for muscular action
Stores minerals (calcium and others)
Cavities provide a site for blood cell
formations.
Skeletal muscles contract and shorten; in
doing so they move bones to allow
motion (running, walking etc) grasping
and manipulation of the environment and
facial expressions
Also generates heat
Allows body to detect changes in its
internal and external environment and to
respond to such information by
activating appropriate muscles or glands
Helps maintain short term homeostasis of
the body via rapid transmission of
electrical signals.
Protects deeper organs from injury due to
bumps, chemical, bacteria and
dehydrations
Excretes salts and urea
Helps regulate body temperature
Promotes growth and development;
produces chemical messengers
(hormones) that travel in the blood to
exert their effects on various ‘target
organs’ of the body
Plays a role in regulation of long term
homeostasis.
Produces germ cells (egg); the female uterus
houses a developing fetus until birth.
Produces germ cells (sperm) for the
perpetuation of the species.