How do digestive and circulatory work together

The bones of your skull and spine protect your brain and spinal cord, but your brain regulates the position of your bones by controlling your muscles. The circulatory system provides your brain with a constant supply of oxygen-rich blood while your brain regulates your heart rate and blood pressure. Even seemingly unrelated body systems are connected.

Your skeletal system relies on your urinary system to remove waste produced by bone cells; in return, the bones of your skeleton create structure that protects your bladder and other urinary system organs.

Your circulatory system delivers oxygen-rich blood to your bones. Meanwhile, your bones are busy making new blood cells. Working together, these systems maintain internal stability and balance, otherwise known as homeostasis.

Disease in one body system can disrupt homeostasis and cause trouble in other body systems. October 27, September 2, August 6, July 30, This information is not intended to replace the advice of a medical professional. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead.

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Afterglow 23 Posted December 12, I know you're in pre-IB but keep it in mind, just in case The relationship between the circulatory and digestive system is mainly basic - without one, the other cannot function properly. I am sure some of the other biology experts here could explain this perhaps even in more detail or in better words Edited December 12, by Afterglow. Posted December 13, Join the conversation You can post now and register later.

Reply to this topic Insert image from URL. We love to eat and we love to poop. For the rest of the page we will refer to pooping as elimination. It's more technical that way. Anyway, your digestive system is all about getting food into your body, digesting the food, absorbing the nutrients you need, and elimination of the materials you don't need feces.

All animals have one sort of digestive system or another. Anything that eats another creature heterotrophs must have a way of bringing nutrients in and getting rid of what they don't need. What Does This System Do?

What does the system do? We're going to use you as the basis for our explanation of the digestive system. Let's start with eating. You get hungry and you eat. Once you put the food in your mouth, you start to chew and begin a process of mechanical digestion that grinds food down into a pulp.