Provides shape and suppport

Moves food theorugh the digestive system

Collects wastes produced by cells and removes the wastes from the body.

Covers and protects the body to prevent water loss and keep out foreign particles.

Keeps you in touch with the environment (nerve endings)

Regulates your body temperature

Gets rid of wastes (sweat/ perspiration)

Breaks down the food into molecules the body can use.

Molecules are absorbed into the blood and caried throughout the body (by the circulatory system).

Wastes are eliminated from the body (by the excretory system).

Moves oxygen from the outside environment into the body

It is also removes carbon dioxide and water from the body

Carries needed substances to cells and carries wastes away from the cells.

Receives information about what is happening inside and outside of the body.

Directs the way your body responds to this information.

Helps maintain hemeostasis.