Classification of the Organ Systems. 



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(6) The respiratory system, comprising the lungs, and 

 respiratory passages, namely, the bronchi, the trachea and the 

 larynx. With this system may also be included the accessory 

 respiratory passages formed by the nasal fossae. 



(7) The vascular system, comprising the organs of circulation, 



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Fig. 2-1. Schematic representation of the chief organ-systems of a generalized 

 vertebrate as seen in a transverse section of the abdominal region: 

 . Integument — ^int. 



Skeleton — v., vertebral body; a. v., vertebral arch; c.v., vertebral canal. 



Muscular system — s.m., skeletal muscle; v.m., visceral muscle. 



Nervous system — m.s., spinal cord, with the ce'ptral canal, and the dorsal (pos- 

 terior) and ventral (anterior) roots of the spi,nal nerves; g.r.p., ganglion of the 

 posterior root; r.c, ramus communicans to sympathetic trunk; r.m.a. and r.m.p., 

 anterior and posterior rami ofa spinal nerve; t.s., sympathetic trunk. 



Digestive system — i. intestine. 



Vascular system — ao., aorta. 



Urinogenital system — k., kidney; go., gonad (ovary or testis). 



Serous cavity — c.p., general coelom, pleuro peritoneal, or peritoneal cavity; 

 p. v. and p.p., visceral and parietal parts of the serous tunic — visceral and parietal 

 peritoneum; mes., mesentery. 



namely, the heart, arteries, capillary vessels, and veins. The 



lymph-conducting canals are also portions of the circulatory 

 system, but since they are largely independent of the bloodvessels, 

 they are usually considered as forming with their associated lymph 

 glands a separate lymphatic system. 



