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Integumentary Acts as a physical barrier skin, subcutaneous tissue

which protects the body from


bacteria, infection, chemicals,
injury, and sunlight.
Regulates body temperature.
Stores fat, water, glucose, and
vitamin D, and helps the
immune system do its job of
keeping the body healthy and
disease-free.
Skeletal Aids in maintaining body bones, ligaments, cartilage,
equilibrium tendons
Offers a structure for
muscular action.
Helps keep internal organs
and bone marrow safe
It acts as a mineral and fat
storage and release organ.
Creates red blood cells
Muscular Moves the skeleton/allows bones, muscles, tendons,
movement ligaments, soft tissues
Moves fluids through vessels
in the circulatory system
Produces heat
Aids in moving food through
the digestive system
Nervous Acts as the body’s command brain, nerves, eyes, ears
center which interprets
sensory information.
Regulates body functions
such as movement by means
of electrochemical impulses
Endocrine Regulates body functions thyroid gland, pituitary gland,
such as growth and pancreas
reproduction by means of
hormones.

Regulates day-to-day
metabolism by means of
hormones

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