{"id":2616,"date":"2017-02-07T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2616"},"modified":"2017-04-19T17:17:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T17:17:25","slug":"why-it-matters-overview-of-body-systems","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wmopen-biology2\/chapter\/why-it-matters-overview-of-body-systems\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Overview of Body Systems","rendered":"Why It Matters: Overview of Body Systems"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why describe different body systems?<\/h2>\r\nAn understanding of the body\u00a0can benefit your own health as you go through life. Familiarity with the human body can help you make healthful choices and prompt you to take appropriate action when signs of illness arise. Your knowledge in this field will help you understand news about nutrition, medications, medical devices, and procedures and help you understand genetic or infectious diseases. At some point, everyone will have a problem with some aspect of his or her body and your knowledge can help you to be a better parent, spouse, partner, friend, colleague, or caregiver.\r\n\r\nThis module will provide you with an introduction to\u00a0the different body systems that enable human life:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5114\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/2017\/02\/19171234\/Man_shadow_anatomy.jpg\" alt=\"A diagram of the human body showing the primary organs and structures, including the brain, stomach, skeleton, lungs, and heart.\" width=\"500\" height=\"879\" \/>\r\n<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Discuss how different body systems interact with one another<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe the nervous, endocrine, reproductive, and sensory systems<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe the circulatory, immune, respiratory, and digestive systems<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe the muscular, skeletal, and integumentary systems<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Why describe different body systems?<\/h2>\n<p>An understanding of the body\u00a0can benefit your own health as you go through life. Familiarity with the human body can help you make healthful choices and prompt you to take appropriate action when signs of illness arise. Your knowledge in this field will help you understand news about nutrition, medications, medical devices, and procedures and help you understand genetic or infectious diseases. At some point, everyone will have a problem with some aspect of his or her body and your knowledge can help you to be a better parent, spouse, partner, friend, colleague, or caregiver.<\/p>\n<p>This module will provide you with an introduction to\u00a0the different body systems that enable human life:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5114\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/2017\/02\/19171234\/Man_shadow_anatomy.jpg\" alt=\"A diagram of the human body showing the primary organs and structures, including the brain, stomach, skeleton, lungs, and heart.\" width=\"500\" height=\"879\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss how different body systems interact with one another<\/li>\n<li>Describe the nervous, endocrine, reproductive, and sensory systems<\/li>\n<li>Describe the circulatory, immune, respiratory, and digestive systems<\/li>\n<li>Describe the muscular, skeletal, and integumentary systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2616\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters: Overview of Body Systems. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Anatomy &amp; 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