Human Physiology, 14th edition (2016)

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Interactions

Integumentary System

• The skin helps protect the body
  from pathogens (p. 494)


• The skin helps regulate body
  temperature (p. 474)


• Cutaneous receptors provide
  sensations of touch, pressure, pain,
  heat, and cold (p. 270)

Skeletal System

• The skull provides protection and
  support for the eye and ear (p. 283)


• Proprioceptors provide sensory
  information about joint movement
  and the tension of tendons (p. 268)

Muscular System

• Sensory information from the heart
  helps regulate the heartbeat (p. 479)


• Sensory information from certain
  arteries helps regulate the blood
  pressure (p. 477)


• Muscle spindles within skeletal
  muscles monitor the length of the
  muscle (p. 386)

Nervous System

• Afferent neurons transduce graded
  receptor potentials into action
  potentials (p. 269)


• Afferent neurons conduct action
  potentials from sensory receptors
  into the CNS for processing (p. 165)

Endocrine System

• Stimulation of stretch receptors in
  the heart causes the secretion of
  atrial natriuretic hormone (p. 462)


• Stimulation of receptors in the
  GI tract causes the secretion of
  particular hormones (p. 645)


• Stimulation of sensory endings in
  the breast by the sucking action

of an infant evokes the secretion

of hormones involved in lactation

(p. 746)

Circulatory System

• The blood delivers oxygen and
  nutrients to sensory organs and
  removes metabolic wastes (p. 405)


• Sensory stimuli from the heart
  provide information for neural
  regulation of the heartbeat (p. 479)


• Sensory stimuli from certain blood
  vessels provide information for the
  neural regulation of blood flow and
  blood pressure (p. 477)

Immune System

• The immune system protects
  against infections of sensory
  organs (p. 494)


• Pain sensations may arise from
  swollen lymph nodes, alerting us to
  infection (p. 502)


• The detection of particular
  chemicals in the brain evokes a
  fever, which may help to defeat
  infections (p. 497)

Respiratory System

• The lungs provide oxygen for the
  blood and provide for the elimination
  of carbon dioxide (p. 533)


• Chemoreceptors in the aorta,
  carotid arteries, and medulla
  oblongata provide sensory
  information for the regulation of
  breathing (p. 554)

Urinary System

• The kidneys regulate the volume,
  pH, and electrolyte balance of the
  blood and eliminate wastes (p. 582)


• Stretch receptors in the atria of the
  heart cause secretion of natriuretic
  factor, which helps regulate the
  kidneys (p. 607)
  
  
  • Receptors in renal blood vessels
    contribute to the regulation of renal
    blood flow (p. 589)
  
  
  
  

Digestive System

• The GI tract provides nutrients for
  all the body organs, including those
  of the sensory system (p. 620)


• Stretch receptors in the GI tract
  participate in the reflex control of
  the digestive system (p. 647)


• Chemoreceptors in the GI tract
  contribute to the regulation of
  digestive activities (p. 647)

Reproductive System

• Gonads produce sex hormones
  that influence sensations involved
  in the male and female sexual
  response (p. 712)


• Sensory receptors provide
  information for erection and
  orgasm, as well as for other aspects
  of the sexual response (p. 712)

HPer Links of the Sensory System with Other Body Systems