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1. protects deeper organ from mechanical, chemical, and bacterial injury.
2.excretes salts and urea
3. aids in regulation of body tempture
4. produces vitamin D
organs: epidermal and dermal regions
cutaneous sense organs and glands |
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1.body support and protection of internal organs provides levers for muscular action.
2. cavities provide a site for blood cell formation
Organs: bones, cartilages, tendons, and joints. |
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1. To Contract or shorten; in doing so, skeletal muscles allow locomotion (running, walking, etc.)
2. grasping and manipulation of the environment
3. facial expressions
4. generates heat
Organs: Muscles attached to skeleton |
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1. allows body to detect changes in its interal and external environment and to respond to such information by activating appropiate muscles or glands
2. helps maintain homeostasis of the body via rapit transmission of electrical signals.
Organs: brain, spinal cord, nerves, sensory receptors |
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