Human Body Systems Vocabulary

Brings oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells; fights infection; removes cell wastes; helps to regulate body temp.

Works with skeletal system to provide movement; helps circulate blood and move food through the digestive system

Recognizes and coordinates the body’s response to changes in its internal and external environments

Serves as a barrier against infection and injury; helps regulate body temp.; protects against ultraviolet radiation

Produces reproductive cells; in females, nurtures and protects developing embryo

Converts foods into simpler molecules that can be used by the cells of the body; absorbs food; eliminates waste

Helps protect the body from disease; collects fluid lost from blood vessels & returns the fluid to circulatory system

Eliminates waste products from the body in ways that maintain homeostasis

Supports the body; protects internal organs; allows movement; stores minerals; site for blood cell formation

Provides oxygen needed for cellular respiration and removes excess carbon dioxide from the body

Controls growth, development, and metabolism; maintains homeostasis