| has gloss | (noun) a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
system |
| lexicalization | eng: system |
| subclass of | (noun) any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
body part |
| has subclass | (noun) the system of joints in the body
articulatory system |
| has subclass | (noun) the system that makes food absorbable into the body
digestive system, systema digestorium, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium |
| has subclass | (noun) the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity
endocrine system |
| has subclass | (noun) (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal
venous blood system, venation |
| has subclass | (noun) a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
immune system |
| has subclass | (noun) the skin and its appendages
integumentary system |
| has subclass | (noun) a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
RES, reticuloendothelial system |
| has subclass | (noun) a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
MPS, mononuclear phagocyte system, system of macrophages |
| has subclass | (noun) the muscular system of an organism
muscle system, muscular structure, musculature |
| has subclass | (noun) the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form
musculoskeletal system |
| has subclass | (noun) the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
systema nervosum, nervous system |
| has subclass | (noun) the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
systema nervosum centrale, CNS, central nervous system |
| has subclass | (noun) the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord
systema nervosum periphericum, peripheral nervous system |
| has subclass | (noun) organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring
genital system, reproductive system |
| has subclass | (noun) the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, apparatus urogenitalis, urogenital apparatus, urinary apparatus, urinary system, genitourinary apparatus, urogenital system |
| has subclass | (noun) the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing
respiratory system, systema respiratorium |
| has subclass | (noun) the body's system of sense organs
sensory system |
| has subclass | (noun) a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
tract |
| has subclass | (noun) the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
vascular system |
| has subclass | (noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
frame, skeleton, skeletal system, systema skeletale |