Human Body Systems & Functions Overview 🧬
A 2016 video covering the 11 human organ systems and their functions, providing a quick introduction to each system.

Amoeba Sisters
5.2M views • Apr 24, 2016

About this video
This is the 2016 (older) Amoeba Sisters human organ systems video, which provides a brief function introduction to each of the 11 human organ systems. Video has been updated (2024) here! https://youtu.be/0JDCViWGn-0 Expand details for table of contents.👇 Video has handout: http://www.amoebasisters.com/handouts
Note: This overview provides the name of each organ system and overall body system functions. This can support further discussion on how these functions work together. While structure detail is not included in this brief overview, this can provide a foundation for further exploration of body system structures.
If interested in some more detail on a particular body system, we've been creating videos on one body system at a time! Visit our playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F8lTR63pGWJlUGB7c3Pm2B
Table of Contents:
Intro 00:00
Levels of Organization 0:49
Circulatory 1:39
Digestive 2:40
Endocrine 3:16
Excretory 3:42
Integumentary 4:21
Lymphatic and Immune 4:39
Muscular 5:25
Nervous 5:41
Reproductive 6:13
Respiratory 6:27
Skeletal systems 6:49
Importance of Systems Working Together 7:20
REFERENCE:
We cover the basics in biology concepts at the secondary level. If you are looking to discover more about biology and go into depth beyond these basics, our recommended reference is the FREE, peer reviewed, open source OpenStax biology textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/biology
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Biology Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F0iQPGrjehze3eDpco1eVz
The Amoeba Sisters videos demystify science with humor and relevance. The videos center on Pinky's certification and experience in teaching biology at the high school level. Amoeba Sisters videos only cover concepts that Pinky is certified to teach, and they focus on her specialty: secondary life science. Learn more about our videos here: https://www.amoebasisters.com/our-videos
⭐ Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amoebasisters
🗂️ Resources that complement our videos! Visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b3kmAzFEjWgoMKCrkeNCKFYunWk04IuLY93jI4OY0gY/edit?usp=sharing
❤️ Support Us? https://www.amoebasisters.com/support-us
TIPS FOR VIEWING EDU YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
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MUSIC:
Music in this video is listed free to use/no attribution required from the YouTube audio library https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?feature=blog
COMMUNITY:
We take pride in our AWESOME community, and we welcome feedback and discussion. However, please remember that this is an education channel. See YouTube's community guidelines and how YouTube handles comments that are reported by the community. We also reserve the right to remove comments.
TRANSLATIONS:
Korean Translation: Kate Lee
Some translated subtitles on our videos were translated by the community using YouTube's community-contributed subtitle feature. After the feature was discontinued by YouTube, we have another option for submitting translated subtitles here: https://www.amoebasisters.com/pinkys-ed-tech-favorites/community-contributed-subtitles We want to thank our amazing community for the generosity of their time in continuing to create translated subtitles. If you have a concern about community contributed contributions, please contact us.
UPDATE: We have videos dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. See our Amoeba Sisters en Español channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Njo3LBy53cOPngz6ArV8Q and Amoeba Sisters em Português https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTQPX2X_mXe0ZMPi0fXxbg Want to help translate our subtitles in any language? Learn more here https://www.amoebasisters.com/pinkys-ed-tech-favorites/community-contributed-subtitles
Note: This overview provides the name of each organ system and overall body system functions. This can support further discussion on how these functions work together. While structure detail is not included in this brief overview, this can provide a foundation for further exploration of body system structures.
If interested in some more detail on a particular body system, we've been creating videos on one body system at a time! Visit our playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F8lTR63pGWJlUGB7c3Pm2B
Table of Contents:
Intro 00:00
Levels of Organization 0:49
Circulatory 1:39
Digestive 2:40
Endocrine 3:16
Excretory 3:42
Integumentary 4:21
Lymphatic and Immune 4:39
Muscular 5:25
Nervous 5:41
Reproductive 6:13
Respiratory 6:27
Skeletal systems 6:49
Importance of Systems Working Together 7:20
REFERENCE:
We cover the basics in biology concepts at the secondary level. If you are looking to discover more about biology and go into depth beyond these basics, our recommended reference is the FREE, peer reviewed, open source OpenStax biology textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/biology
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Biology Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwL0Myd7Dk1F0iQPGrjehze3eDpco1eVz
The Amoeba Sisters videos demystify science with humor and relevance. The videos center on Pinky's certification and experience in teaching biology at the high school level. Amoeba Sisters videos only cover concepts that Pinky is certified to teach, and they focus on her specialty: secondary life science. Learn more about our videos here: https://www.amoebasisters.com/our-videos
⭐ Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amoebasisters
🗂️ Resources that complement our videos! Visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b3kmAzFEjWgoMKCrkeNCKFYunWk04IuLY93jI4OY0gY/edit?usp=sharing
❤️ Support Us? https://www.amoebasisters.com/support-us
TIPS FOR VIEWING EDU YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
Want to learn tips for viewing edu YouTube videos including changing the speed, language, viewing the transcript, etc? https://www.amoebasisters.com/pinkys-ed-tech-favorites/10-youtube-tips-from-an-edu-youtuber-duo
MUSIC:
Music in this video is listed free to use/no attribution required from the YouTube audio library https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?feature=blog
COMMUNITY:
We take pride in our AWESOME community, and we welcome feedback and discussion. However, please remember that this is an education channel. See YouTube's community guidelines and how YouTube handles comments that are reported by the community. We also reserve the right to remove comments.
TRANSLATIONS:
Korean Translation: Kate Lee
Some translated subtitles on our videos were translated by the community using YouTube's community-contributed subtitle feature. After the feature was discontinued by YouTube, we have another option for submitting translated subtitles here: https://www.amoebasisters.com/pinkys-ed-tech-favorites/community-contributed-subtitles We want to thank our amazing community for the generosity of their time in continuing to create translated subtitles. If you have a concern about community contributed contributions, please contact us.
UPDATE: We have videos dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. See our Amoeba Sisters en Español channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Njo3LBy53cOPngz6ArV8Q and Amoeba Sisters em Português https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTQPX2X_mXe0ZMPi0fXxbg Want to help translate our subtitles in any language? Learn more here https://www.amoebasisters.com/pinkys-ed-tech-favorites/community-contributed-subtitles
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Published
Apr 24, 2016
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