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| Epidermal and dermal regions, cutaneous sense organs and glands |
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-protects deeper organs from mechanical, chemical and bacterial injury, and desiccation(drying out)
-excretes salts and urea
-aids in regulation of body temperature
-produces vitamin D |
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| bones, cartilages, tendons, ligamonts and joints |
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-body supportand protection of internal organs
-provides levers for muscular action
-cavities provide a site for blood cell formation |
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| muscles attached to the skeleton |
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-primary function is to contract or shorten, in doing so, skeletal muscles allow locomotion, grasping and manipulation of the environment and facial expression
-generates heat |
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| brain, spinal cord, nerves and sensory receptors |
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-allows body to detect changes in its internal and external environment and to respond to such information by activating appropriate muscles or glands
-helps maintain homeostasis of the body via rapid transmission of electrical signals |
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| pituitary, thymus, thyroid, parathyroid, adernal and pineal glands, ovaries, testes, and pancreas |
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| -helps maintain body homeostasis, promotes growth and development, produces chemical messengers(hormones) that travel in the blood to exert their effect on various target organs of the body |
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| heart, blood vessels and blood |
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| -primarily a transport system that carries blood containing oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, ions,hormones, and other substances to and from the tissue cells when exchanges are made,blood is propelled through the blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart |
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| Lymphatic/Immunity system |
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| lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, tonsils, and scattered collections of lymphoid tissue |
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| Lymphatic/Immunity system |
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-picks up fluid leaked from the blood vessels and returns it to the blood
-cleanses blood of pathogens and other debis
-houses lumphocytes that act via the immune response to protect the body from foreign substances(antigens) |
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| nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs |
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-keeps the blood continuously supplies with oxygen while removing carbon dioxide
-contributes to the acid-base balance of the blood via its carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system |
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| oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, and accessory structures(teeth, salivary glands, liver and pancreas) |
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-breaks down ingested foods to minute particles, whichcan be absorbed into the blood for delivery to the body cells
-undigested residue removed from the body as feces |
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| kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra |
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-rids the body of nitrogen-containing wastes(urea, uric acid and ammonia), which result fromthe breakdown of proteins and nucleic acids by body cells
-maintains water, electrolyte and acid-base blance of blood |
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Male:testes, prostate gland, scrotum, penis,and duct system, which carries sperm to the body exterior
Female:ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, mammart glands, and vagina |
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provides germ cell, sperm, for perpetuation of the species
provides germ cell, eggs. the female uterus houses the developing fetus until birth, mammary glands provide nutrition for the infant |
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| an irregular mass is glandular tissue overlying the heart |
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| medial oval structure enclosed within the pericardium |
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| Flanking the heart on either side |
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| tubelike"windpipe" running medially down the throat; part of respiratory system |
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| a food chute; the part of digestive system that transport food from the pharynx (throat)to the stomach |
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| a thin muscle attached to the inferior, below, boundary of the rib cage, separated the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
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| a curved organ important in food digestion and temporary food storage |
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| connected to the stomach and ending just before the saclike cecum |
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| a large muscular tube connected to the small intestine and ending at the anus |
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| the initial portion of the large intestine |
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| a diffuse gland, rests dorsal, backside, to and in the mesentery between the first portion of the small intestine and the stomach. |
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| a dark red organ curving around the left lateral(away from midline) side of the stomach; part of lymphatic system |
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| large and brownish red; the most surperior, above, organ in the abdominal cavity, directly behind the diaphragm |
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| bean-shaped organs;behind the peritoneum |
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| tube running from the indented region of a kidney to the urinary bladder |
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| the sac that serves as a reservoir for urine |
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| located in the scrotum in male, oval in shape |
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| in the pelvic cavity, Y-shaped lying against the dorsal, backside,body wall and beneath the bladder |
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| top part of the Y-shaped uterus |
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| follow one of the uterine horns superiorly, above, to identify an ovary, a small oval structure at the end of the uterine horn |
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