How Body Systems Work Together

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The human body is a complex machine made of many parts that work together. When these parts work together, they allow you to do amazing things, such as do a backflip, remember to do your essay, or play a video game. Each part has a role to play, and each part contributes to the functions of the other parts of the body. All living things, including you, are made up of cells. Cells are the simplest and most basic units of all living organisms. Cells are organized together to make tissues. A tissue is a group of cells that are similar and work together to perform a specific function. Tissues are organized together to make organs. Organs are two or more tissues that work together to perform a specific function. Organs are organized together to make body systems. A body system is a group of organs that work together for one purpose. The difference between a tissue and an organ is a group of the same cell makes a tissue and a group of different tissues makes up an organ. Your body systems all work together to make your body function properly. …show more content…

There is the nervous, endocrine, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, circulatory, immune, and respiratory system. The nervous system controls and coordinates the activities of the body systems, the endocrine system helps regulate growth, the skeletal system provides a framework to support and protect the body, the muscular system works with the skeletal system to cause movement, the digestive system breaks down and digests food, the excretory system filters liquid waste products from the blood and eliminates them from the body, the circulatory system transports and distributes gases, nutrients, and hormones throughout the body, and the respiratory system exchanges oxygen from the environment and carbon dioxide from the

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