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The Human Body System (Skeletal)

 The axial skeleton includes the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum. These bones form the axes or
framework of the trunk and head. The appendicular skeleton includes the bones of the shoulder, arms, hands, hips,
legs, and feet.

The human skeletal system has several important functions.

1. Support -The skeletal system provides the framework which supports and maintains shape of the body.
It gives the body much needed support.
2. Protection -The skeletal system protects the internal organ of the body.
3. Movement- The skeletal system provides an attachment for the muscle which makes body movements possible.
4. Storage and Supply- The skeletal system stores important minerals like calcium and phosphorus and produces
both red and white blood cells.

Parts of the Skin ( Integumentary System)

What are the parts of the Circulatory System? The circulatory system is divided into three major parts:
1. The Heart 2. The Blood 3. The Blood Vessels
The Heart Your heart is the most important organ of the circulatory system. It is also called the cardiac muscle—
the strongest muscle in our body.
Your heart has different parts and that each part has its functions.
Aorta: this is the largest artery in the human body. The main function of the aorta is to take oxygenated blood all
the way from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.
Pulmonary Artery: this artery is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood (carbon dioxide-rich blood) all the
way from the right ventricle to the lungs.
Right Atrium: this part of the human body is tasked with receiving deoxygenated blood from the rest of the body.
Pulmonary Vein: The function of the pulmonary vein is to take oxygenated blood all the way from the lungs to
the left atrium.
Left Ventricle: The essential function that the left ventricle carries out is pumping oxygenated blood into the
aorta.
Right Ventricle: the right ventricle is tasked with pumping deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery.
Vena Cava: this is the largest vein in the human body. Its essential function is to carry blood from all around the
body all the way to the heart. There is a superior vena cava and an inferior vena cava.
Valves: prevents the backflow of blood.
The Blood
The blood is an amazing substance that is constantly flowing through our bodies. It is called the river of life. It is
pumped by your heart. It travels through thousands of miles of blood vessels right within your own body. It
carries nutrients, water, oxygen and waste products to and from your body cells. A young person has about a gallon
of blood while an adult has about 5 quarts.
It has 4 parts:
1. Red blood cells
Red Blood Cells (RBCs) are responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide. They pick up oxygen in the lungs
and transport it to all the body cells then they gather up the carbon dioxide and transport carbon dioxide back to
the lungs where it is removed from the body when we exhale (breath out). RBCs contain hemoglobin, the red
pigment of the blood.

2. White blood cells

White Blood Cells help the body fight off germs. White Blood Cells are the soldiers of the body because they attack
and destroy germs that enter the body. When you have an infection, your body will produce more White Blood
Cells to help fight an infection.

3. Platelets
Platelets are small colorless disk-shaped particles that play an important role in the formation of blood clot. A clot is
a soft solid mass that forms outside your skin when you have a cut or wound. It helps stop the bleeding.
4. Plasma
Plasma is the liquid part of the blood. It carries blood cells and other components throughout the body.
Approximately half of your blood is made of plasma.
The Blood Vessels
The blood vessels are the pathways or tubes in the body through which blood flows.
1. Arteries
Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich(oxygenated) blood
away from the heart. Blood is pumped from the ventricles into large
elastic arteries that branch repeatedly into smaller and smaller arteries
until it reaches microscopic arteries called arteriole
2. Veins
Veins carry deoxygenated blood back toward your heart. After blood
passes through the capillaries, it enters the smallest veins called
venules.
3. Capillaries
Capillaries are tiny blood vessels as thin as the hairs on your head.
They connect arteries to veins. Food substances (nutrients), oxygen and
wastes pass in and out of your blood through the capillary walls.