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-Provides protection
-regulates body temp
-site of cutaneous receptors
-synthesizes vitamin D
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-Provides support and protection
-Site of hemopoiesis (blood cell production)
-Stores calcium and phosphorus
-Provides sites for muscle attachments |
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-Produces body movement
-Generates heat when muscles contract |
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-Regulatory, controls body movement
-Responds to sensory stimuli
-Helps control all other systems of the body
-Responsible for consciousness, intelligence, and memory |
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| -Consists of glands and cell clusters that secrete hormones, some of which regulate body and cellular growth, chemicals levels in the body, and reproductive functions. |
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-Consists of the hear (pump), blood, and blood vessels
-Heart moves blood through blood vessels in order to distribute hormones, nutrients, and gases, and pick up waste products |
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| -Transports and filters lymph (interstitial fluid transported through lymph vessels) and initiates an immune response when necessary. |
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| -Responsible for exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) between blood and the air in the lungs. |
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| -Mechanically and chemically digests food materials, absorbs nutrients, and expels waste products. |
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-Filters blood and removes waste products from the blood
-Concentrates waste products in the form of urine
-Expels urine from the body |
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-Produces male sex cells (sperm) and male hormones (e.g. testosterone)
-Transfers sperm to the female |
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| Female Reproductive System |
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-Produces female sex cells (oocytes) and female hormones (estrogen and progesterone)
-Receives sperm from male
-Site fertilization of oocyte
-Site of growth and development if embryo and fetus |
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-Found in the Chemical level
-Smallest units of matter |
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-Found in Chemical level
-Made up of two or more atoms
-Join in specific ways to form cells |
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-Made up of joined molecules
-Basic units of structure and function in organisms |
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| -Organelles permit all living cells to share certain common functions. |
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| -Composed of groups of cells with a common function |
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| -Precise organizations of similar cells that perform specialized functions (epithelial, connection, nervous,and muscle). |
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| -Different tissue types combine to form an organ. |
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| -Contain two or more tissue types that work together to perform specific, complex functions. |
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| -Highest level of structural organization |
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| Closer to the point of attachment |
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-Intestines
-Bladder
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-Two layered sack
Visceral layer covers organs
Parietal layer lines body cavity
-Contains lube film of serous fluid coming from serous membrane (reduces friction of moving organs) |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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- Xrays
-Best for hard structures (bone) |
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-CT scan or CAT scan
-Computer puts together x-ray images from many angles |
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-Formed by cranium
-Houses brain |
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-Formed by vertebral column
-Contains spinal cord |
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-Chest cavity
-Borered anteriorly and laterally by chest wall and inferiorly by diaphragm |
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-In thoracic cavity
-Contains pericardial cavity, thymus, trachea, esophagus, and major blood vessels |
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-In thoracic cavity
-Contains the heart
-Pericardium serous membrane |
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-In thoracic cavity
-Contains the lungs
-Pleura serous membrane |
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| Composed of two parts- abdominal and pelvic cavities |
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-In the abdominopelvic cavity
-Associated with abdominal viscera including stomach, spleen, liver, pancreas, small intestine, most of large intestine, kidneys, and ureters |
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-In the abdominopelvic cavity
-Associated with pelvic viscera including urinary bladder and urethra, internal reproductive organs, and some of the large intestine |
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