Viviana Colon
Professor Jill McMillin
G150/PHA1500 Section 08 Structure and Function of the Human Body
May 30, 2010
The Cardiovascular and Muscular Systems
Organ system is a group of organs that work together to perform a certain task. Humans have a variety of systems due to the complexity of the species' organism. The human body consists of biological systems, that consist of organs, that consist of tissues, that consist of cells and connective tissue. Although an organ has a specific function, organs also function as part of a group. The organ system is the organizational unit by which medicine is studied, diseases are generally categorized, and treatments are planned. Homeostasis is self-regulation of a
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Two types of fluids move through the circulatory system: blood and lymph. The blood, heart, and blood vessels form the cardiovascular system. The lymph, lymph nodes, and lymph vessels form the lymphatic system. The cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system collectively make up the circulatory system. The human body contains more than 650 individual muscles which are attached to the
skeleton, which provides the pulling power for us to move around. The main job of the muscular
system is to provide movement for the body. The muscular system consist of three different
types of muscle tissues : skeletal, cardiac, smooth. Each of these different tissues has the ability
to contract, which then allows body movements and functions? There are two types of muscles in
the system and they are the involuntary muscles, and the voluntary muscles. The muscle in
which we are allow to control by ourselves are called the voluntary muscles and the ones we
can control are the involuntary muscles. The heart, or the cardiac muscle, is an example of
involuntary muscle.
CARDIAC MUSCLE:
The cardiac muscles are the muscle of the heart itself. The cardiac muscle is the tissue that makes up the wall of the heart called the myocardium. Also like the skeletal muscles, the cardiac muscle is striated and contracts through the sliding filament method. However it is different from other types of muscles because it forms branching fibers. Unlike
The body has different organs that work together and they make up a system such as the
How you ever thought about how we run, walk, and talk? The organ systems in our bodies are vital for our body to function. These systems work with each other in order to carry out functions that we need. You may wonder how these systems made up of? It’s like climbing down a ladder. First, you have an organism or in this case the human and the humans are made up of organ systems that are made up of organs, tissues, and cells. The skeletal system generates a framework for the body while the muscular system generally produces movement. The skeletal system and muscular system are two vital systems that help aid movement and much more.
Organ system level is organs that when put together perform a function or set of functions. “For instance, the heart and blood vessels work together and circulate blood throughout the body to provide oxygen and nutrients to cells.” (A&P levels of organization (2013). There are 11 major organ systems in the body, these include: the integumentary, endocrine, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, skeletal, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.
Your muscles need protein, nutrients, and oxygen to move and work. Then the circulatory system carries those essential particles to your muscles from the digestive and respiratory systems. That is when your circulatory system carries the leftover waste back to the original systems to be discharged from your body. Your nervous
Body Organization and the Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems Worksheet Organ Systems Label each of the structures, and describe the systems overall structure. NumberSystemCharacteristics 1Integumentary systemProtects underlying tissues. Provides skin sensation. Helps regulate body temperature. Synthesizes vitamin D.2Skeletal systemAttachment for muscles. Protects organs. Stores calcium and phosphorus. Produces blood cells.3Respiratory systemExchanges respiratory gases with the environment.4Nervous systemRegulates and integrates body functions via neurons.5Endocrine systemRegulates and integrates body functions via hormones.6Cardiovascular systemTransports nutrients, respiratory gases, wastes, and heat. Transports immune cells
When dealing with the nervous systems, its main job is to send and to receive senses such as touch. Also, in the circulatory system, certain substances can be entered through capillarity that travels into the blood stream. Similarly, the digestive system work alongside to absorb calcium from our diet. Lastly, the immune system has immune cells inside the skin which aid to fight off potential infections.
Skeletal muscles: voluntary messages from the nervous system are sent to the skeletal muscle causing it to attach and move bones by contracting and relaxing.
The 11 organ systems of the body are the skin, musculoskeletal, nerves, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, endocrine, urinary/excretory, reproductive and digestive. Although each of your 11 organs system has a unique function, each organ system also depends, directly or indirectly, on all the others.
The heart pumps blood throughout the body and transports oxygen, nutrients to all of the cells within the human body. This type of muscle is found in the walls of the heart. This type of muscle cell is involuntary, it pumps blood throughout the body and we have no conscious control of this muscle because if we did and we controlled the cardiac muscle to stop, our heart would stop beating which means our muscles, tissues or cells would not get oxygen and nutrients which could cause severe damage to our body. Th muscle tissue consists of cardiac muscles cells which interlock with each other, giving the tissue its properties, the muscle cells have a branched shape which ensures that a single cell is in contact with other cardiac cells. A cardiac cell on its own is not strong enough to pump blood throughout the body but the quality of the cells that interlock, makes it easy for the muscle to pump blood throughout the body within seconds. The signals from interlocking cells allows the muscle to contract extremely quickly pumping blood throughout the body. Cardiac muscle has a high contractile strength and endurance as it spends most of its life pumping blood throughout the body. Certain cells called pacemaker cells stimulate other cardiac muscle cells, which gives the muscle its own contraction
The muscular system is responsible for the movement of the human body. Attached to a human's bones are about 700 named muscles. These muscles make up roughly half of a person's body weight. Skeletal muscle tissues, blood vessels, tendons, and nerves make up the muscles in your body. Not only does it support movement it also controls walking, talking, sitting, standing, eating and other daily functions.
The muscular systems main function is to enable the body to have movement. Muscles in the body have got the ability to contract which then shifts the parts of the body. Another important function the muscular system has is the upkeep of the body’s posture and its positioning. The muscles that hold the body’s posture up are the muscles that have the most endurance as they hold the body up during the day without being tired. It does this by the muscle contracting which holds the body still or be placed in a particular position so it doesn’t make as much movement. Also, another movement is the movement of substances travelling inside the body. The visceral and cardiac muscle are the most important as they carry substances around the body.
The muscular system is composed of specialized cells called muscle fibers. Their predominant function is contractibility. Muscles, attached to bones or internal organs and blood vessels, are responsible for movement. Nearly all movement in the body is the result of muscle contraction. Exceptions to this are the action of cilia, the flagellumon sperm cells, and amoeboid movement of some white blood cells.
There around 700 muscles in your body that make up half of your body weight. Muscles are responsible for movement throughout the body, using contractions, like contracting the lungs for breathing. Besides movement, organs of the muscular system manage posture, provide strength, balance, and heat for maintaining body temperature. The main organs in the muscular system, are visceral or smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and skeletal muscles. Each muscle is made up skeletal muscle tissue, blood tissue, tendons, and nerves. The different organs each have a specific purpose and function. Visceral muscles are found in organs like the stomach, intestines, and blood vessels. They make organs contract to move substances through the organ.. Cardiac muscles
Smooth Muscle- Is also known as involuntary muscle due to our lack of ability to control their movement. Smooth muscles can be located inside of the walls of hollow organs like the stomach, oesophagus, and bronchi and in the walls of blood vessels. This muscle type is stimulated by involuntary neurogenic impulses and has a slow
The ones I personally picked is the nervous system and the circulatory system.Before we get into the topic on body systems im going to ask you a question.Did you know There are about 13, 500,00 neurons in the human spinal cord.https://www.health24.com