Question

What four organ systems work together in hand with two major nutrients, excluding water, two minerals and two vitamins and demonstrate how they work together, describe how the organ systems you selected use these selected nutrients in a cooperative manner.

Answer 1

The four organ systems that work together in hand: Skeletal system, Muscular system, Nervous system, and Circulatory system. The two major nutrients that are required for their functioning include carbohydrates and proteins.

Circulatory system(blood) supplies these nutrients to the other organ systems along with oxygen-rich blood. The carbohydrates help in skeletal growth by increasing the absorption of calcium. They metabolize to form glucose which is a major source of energy for both the nervous system and the muscular system(thereby helping muscle contraction). Proteins prevent osteoporosis and help in maintaining bone health and amino acids help in the production of dopamine( a neurotransmitter responsible for movement). proteins form receptors(such as G-protein coupled receptors) that are necessary for signal transduction at the neuromuscular junction, which provides a signal to the muscle to move .in fact, actin and myosin filaments of muscle are also proteins. Therefore carbohydrates and proteins maintain the structure and functioning of organ systems that help in hand movement