The Human Organ System

Provides movement, support, posture and heat protection

• Muscular

• Skeletal

• Digestive

• Nervous

Breaks down and helps in food processing and converts food into nutrients.

• Muscular

• Skeletal

• Digestive

• Nervous

Delivers the oxygen to the gas exchange area

• Muscular

• Skeletal

• Circulatory

• Respiratory

Receives general information from the senses through touch, pain, temperature, pressure and vibrations

• Skeletal

• Respiratory

• Nervous

• Circulatory

Transports gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) and nutrients to the cells.

• Digestive

• Muscular

• Nervous

• Circulatory

gives shape to the body

• muscular

• skeletal

• digestive

• nervous

receives and perceives special sensations such as taste, smell, vision, feeling and sound

• nervous

• circulatory

• cardiovascular

• digestive

removes waste substances through exhaling

• muscular

• circulatory

• respiratory

• nervous

helps the body absorb the nutrients from the food

• digestive

• muscular

• skeletal

• respiratory

produces blood cells and stores minerals

• muscular

• skeletal

• respiratory

• digestive