Your Body’s Systems
Part of the Medical Terminology For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Your body is made up of many systems, each having their own vital parts that work together. This list represents your bodily systems and the specific parts that comprise them:
Skeletal: Bones, axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton, and joints
Muscular: Muscles and tendons
Integumentary: Skin, hair, nails, and glands in skin
Sensory: Eyes, ears, nose, skin receptors, and mouth
Cardiovascular: Heart, blood vessels, and blood
Lymphatic: Tonsils, spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels, and lymph fluid
Respiratory: Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs
Gastrointestinal: Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder
Endocrine: Hormones, pituitary gland, thyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas, and gonads
Nervous: Brain, spinal cord, ganglia, nerves, and sensory organs
Urinary: Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra
Reproductive: Ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, and vagina in females; testes, ducts, penis, urethra, and prostate in males
















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