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| makes saliva to lubricate food, digest carbohydrates and kill bacteria with lysozyme |
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| rigid body structure located in anterior of mouth, separates the nasal cavity from the mouth |
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| posterior to hard palate, not bony, separates the nasal cavity from the mouth |
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| for breathing and swallowing, conducts air from nose and mouth to larynx and food from mouth to esophagus |
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| flap that closes over the trachea during swallowing |
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| food tube to stomach, food pushed along by peristalsis |
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| stores food, begins protein disgestion |
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| muscle with opens and closes the orifice between the stomach and small intestine |
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| completes digestion, absorbes nutrients into blood |
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| beginning of small intestine where bile and pancreatic enzymes are mixed with food |
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| makes bile to help digest fats, regulates blood sugar level, breaks down toxic chemicals |
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| makes digestive enzymes for the breakdown of fats, carbohydrates and proteins |
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| muscle to keep waste in large intestine from backing up into small intestine |
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| reabsorbs water from solid waste, forming feces |
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| sac around the heart, protects and lubricates it |
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| brings deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the heart |
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| receives deoxygenated blood from the body and sends it to the right ventricle |
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| receives blood from the right atrium and pumps it to lungs |
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| carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to get oxygen |
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| carries oxygen-rich blood from lungs to left atrium of heart |
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| receives ocygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to left ventricle |
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| receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it through the aorta to the rest of the body |
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| the largest artery, carries oxygen rich blood from heart to rest of body |
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| branch off aorta and supply blood to head, neck, and brain |
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| supplies blood to the front legs |
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| carries "dirty" oxygen-poor blood to placenta (in mother) from fetus |
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| carries "dirty" (filled with waste) blood to kidneys for filtering |
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| drains blood (blue) from neck, head and brains to vena cava |
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| brings oxygenated and nutrient rich blood from the placenta (mother) to the fetus, connects to the inferior vena cava |
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| brings clean blood (nitrogenous wastes, salts, etc. removed) from the kidneys to the rest of the body |
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| contains white blood cells to fight infections, removes old red blood cells |
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| takes in air from outside |
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| exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with blood |
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| muscle under lungs to inhale and exhale |
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| bones protecting the heart and lungs |
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| provides ventral support for the ribs |
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| filter nitrogen waste, excess salts, water and other chemicals from the blood to form urine |
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| carry urine from kidneys to urinary bladder |
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| stores urine until released from the body |
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| carries urine from the bladder to the outside of body |
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| testes produce sperm in males/ovaries produce eggs in females |
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| finishes making sperm and stores sperm |
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| tube from ovaries to uterus, fertilization occurs here |
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| divided into left and right hemisphere, for thinking motor control and senses |
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| Seperates left and right hemisphere |
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| controls breathing, blood pressure, coughing, sneezing, swallowing, etc. |
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| Conducts messages between brain and body, controls reflexes |
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