Skeletal System
1) Skeletal - made up of bones, joints and discs. Their function is to give shape to, allow movement and give protection to the body. The skeleton bones have 6 parts - Skull (cranium and face), vertebral column (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal), thorax, shoulder girdle ( clavicle and scapula), pelvis (ilium, ischium, pubis) , upper limbs (humerus, radius, ulna, carpal, metacarpal, phalanges) and lower limbs ( femur, tibia, fibula, tarsal, metatarsals, phalanges). The joints and discs are between the bones. The bones are made up of 25% water and 75 % cells.
2) Urinary - The system that maintains and regulates the fluid balance in the body. It consists of 4 parts - kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. The kidneys have two main functions - secreting …show more content…
This is results in maintaining a normal blood pressure, removal of waste products and urea, maintaining electrolyte balance and alkalinity of the blood. The kidneys ( pair)
3) Nervous - integrates and control the bodily functions, awareness of and responses to changes in the internal and external environment. It has 3 parts- brain, spinal column, nerves. Nerves have 2 parts- cranial and spinal. The brain has 3 parts- cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. Sensory nerves send information to the brain to process and motor nerves send information from the brain to the body to cause movement and other
2) Urinary - The system that maintains and regulates the fluid balance in the body. It consists of 4 parts - kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. The kidneys have two main functions - secreting …show more content…
This is results in maintaining a normal blood pressure, removal of waste products and urea, maintaining electrolyte balance and alkalinity of the blood. The kidneys ( pair)
3) Nervous - integrates and control the bodily functions, awareness of and responses to changes in the internal and external environment. It has 3 parts- brain, spinal column, nerves. Nerves have 2 parts- cranial and spinal. The brain has 3 parts- cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. Sensory nerves send information to the brain to process and motor nerves send information from the brain to the body to cause movement and other