This document is an interactive slideshow presentation about the main human body systems. It includes slides on the skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory, nervous, endocrine and reproductive systems. Each slide provides a brief definition and key details about the functions and components of the respective system. The presentation concludes with a review question to test understanding and a final summary of the main points about each body system.

1. Human Body
Systems
Science
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2. Human Body Systems Main Page
Directions: Begin by clicking on the word or picture of the system you want to view. There are buttons
at the bottom of each slide, just click on the box to move to the next slide, to go back to the main
page, or to try the review question. Please read all slides first, then test your understanding by trying
the review question at the end.
Skeletal
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Muscular
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Digestive
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Circulatory
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Respiratory
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Excretory
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Nervous
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Endocrine
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Reproductive
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3. Skeletal System
• It protects, provides form and structure.
• Humans, like all vertebrates, have an
endoskeleton (internal framework) made up of
bone and cartilage and the muscles attach to the
bone.
• Made up of 206 separate different shapes and
sizes of bone, which make up 18% of a person’s
body weight.
• Joints are where two or more bones meet.
• Cartilage acts as a cushion between bones.
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4. Muscular System
• Moves organs and body parts
• 40% of our body weight is muscle.
• There are three types of muscle cells:
1.Skeletal- voluntary (you can control these)
2.Smooth-involuntary (can’t consciously control)
3.Cardiac- is a type of smooth muscle that
makes up the heart, which is also involuntary.
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Digestive System
• Breaks down food into usable form
• Mechanical digestion occurs mainly in the
mouth and stomach, which breaks down food
into small pieces.
• Chemical digestion breaks down food even
further chemically into simple sugars (for
carbohydrates), amino acids (for proteins),
fatty acids, and glycerol (for fats).
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6. Circulatory System
Purpose: Carries needed materials to body cells and waste materials
away from cells.
Blood-transports materials throughout the body
Three types of blood vessels:
1. Arteries- carry blood away from the heart
2. Veins-carry blood to the heart
3.Capillaries- connect arteries to veins
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7. Respiratory System
• Exchanges gases with the environment
• Bronchi are two breathing tubes that branch out of the
trachea and lead to the lungs.
• Bronchial tubes are large breathing tubes that branch
out from the bronchi.
• Alveoli are sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes
place.
• Your ribs and diaphragm help you breathe as well.
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8. Excretory System
• Excretion is the way organisms get rid of metabolic/harmful
wastes.
• The kidneys for example remove wastes from the blood.
• The liver is the most complex organ in the body because it
has so many important functions such as making bile, a
digestive juice.
• Skin is an excretory organ and the largest organ in the
human body.
• Perspiration (sweat) is released through sweat pores.
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9. Nervous System
• Controls body activities; carries and interprets messages
• Neurons are nerve cells that are the basic unit of the
nervous system.
• A reflex is an automatic response to a stimulus in which
the brain is not directly involved.
• The brain and spinal cord are the 2 MAJOR centers of the
human central nervous system.
• Spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that sends and receives
impulses.
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10. Endocrine System
• Regulates body activities with hormones
• Hormones are chemical messengers carried by
the blood that regulate and balance body
functions.
• Endocrine glands release hormones into the
blood stream.
• Pituitary hormones regulate the growth of the
skeleton.
• The body does not store hormones.
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11. Reproductive System
• Purpose: To produce offspring
• Ovaries are the female reproductive organs.
• Testes are the male reproductive organs.
• When fertilization of a woman’s egg and a man’s sperm
occur, an embryo forms and grows in the woman’s
abdomen, and a baby is born within about 40 weeks.
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12. Review Question
What type of blood vessel carries blood AWAY
from the heart?
A. arteries
B. veins
C. capillaries

13. You are correct. Great Job!
Arteries do carry blood away from the heart.
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14. Good try but that answer is incorrect.
• Veins carry blood to the heart. Try again by
clicking on the question mark button at the
bottom of the page.
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15. 10/7/2009
Good try but that answer is incorrect.
• Capillaries connect arteries to veins. Try again
by clicking on the question mark button at the
bottom of the page.
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16. Human Body Systems Summary
• Skeletal- provides form and support.
• Muscular-produces movement.
• Digestive- changes food into simpler compounds that can be
used by the cells.
• Circulatory- transports materials throughout the body.
• Respiratory-exchanges gases between outside and inside the
body.
• Excretory- eliminates wastes from the body.
• Nervous- receives, coordinates, and acts upon information
from the environment.
• Endocrine- chemical control system that helps keep the
body’s internal environment in balance.
• Reproductive- allows humans to continue their own kind by
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17. You have completed the human body
systems slide show presentation.
 When you return to your seat, work on the
body systems summary handout.
 Throughout the work you will learn about
two systems each day leading up to the Frog
Dissection next week!
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