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Template:StubPhysiology is the study of how organs function in anorganism.[1]
Human physiology: Eleven systems
Human physiology and anatomy classifies organs into eleven systems. They are Circulatory, Immune/Lymphatic, Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive/Excretory, Endocrine, Respiratory, Reproductive, Nervous/Sensory, Integumentary, and Urinary. Some physicians consider the nervous and sensory to be two distinct systems, and consider the skeletal and muscular as one (the Skeletomuscular), thus retaining the number of eleven systems total.
Circulatory
The heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries.
Immune and Lymphatic
Skeletal
Bones (206 in all); joints, tendons, and cartilage.
Muscular
Digestive and Excretory
- Esophagus--carries food and fluids from mouth to stomach
- Stomach--digests food
- Pylorus--opens or closes the stomach
- Small intestine--allows fluids and nutrients to be absorbed into the system, by means of villi
- Cecum or caecum--absorbs more fluid into the system
- Colon or large intestine--concentrates waste for elimination
- Rectum--expels waste from the body
Endocrine
Respiratory
Reproductive
Nervous/Sensory
Integumentary
Urinary
References
- ↑ Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With Biology. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998