- Circulatory system: pumping and channelling blood to and from the body andlungs with heart, blood and blood vessels.
- Integumentary system: skin, hair, fat, and nails.
- Skeletal system: structural support and protection with bones, cartilage, ligamentsand tendons.
- Reproductive system: the sex organs, such as ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus,vagina, mammary glands, testes, vas deferens, seminal vesicles and prostate
- Digestive system: digestion and processing food with salivary glands, esophagus,stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestines, rectum and anus.
- Urinary system: kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra involved in fluid balance,electrolyte balance and excretion of urine.
- Respiratory system: the organs used for breathing, the pharynx, larynx, bronchi,lungs and diaphragm.
- Endocrine system: communication within the body using hormones made by endocrine glands such as the hypothalamus, pituitary gland,pineal body or pineal gland, thyroid, parathyroids and adrenals, i.e., adrenal glands.
- Lymphatic system: structures involved in the transfer of lymph between tissues and the blood stream; includes the lymph and the nodesand vessels.
- Muscular system: allows for manipulation of the environment, provides locomotion, maintains posture, and produces heat. Includes onlyskeletal muscle, not smooth muscle or cardiac muscle.
- Nervous system: collecting, transferring and processing information with brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system.
- Immune system
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_system
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