Body Systems: Protection, Support, Defense, Waste & Reproduction
Your integumentary system is your body's first line of defense. This protective barrier includes your skin, hair, nails, and glands and shields your internal systems from harmful environmental elements. It's like wearing a full-body suit of armor!
The skeletal system provides the framework that gives your body its shape. Your bones, ligaments, tendons, and joints support your body weight, protect vital organs, and work with muscles to create movement. Without your skeleton, you'd be a blob on the floor!
Your lymphatic system serves as your body's cleanup and defense crew. Bone marrow, spleen, thymus, and lymph nodes work together to remove waste, fight pathogens, and transport fat-soluble vitamins throughout your body. This system helps keep you healthy when everyone else at school is getting sick.
Remember: Your skin is actually your body's largest organ, covering about 20 square feet for the average adult!
The urinary system is your body's filtration plant. Your kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra filter waste from your blood and remove it from your body as urine. This system keeps your blood clean and balanced.
The reproductive system ensures the continuation of the human species. The ovaries in females and testes in males produce cells that can combine to create new life. This system develops during puberty and has different structures and functions in males and females.