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Structures: Brain, Spinal Cord, nerves |
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Structures: Skin, hair, nails, sweat, oil glands
Function: Guards against infection and injury and ultraviolet radiation, helps regulate body temp. |
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Structures: White blood cells, thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, lymph vessels
Function: Helps protect body from disease; collects fluid lost from blood vessels and returns it to the circulatory system |
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Structures: Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, works with skeletal system to provide voluntary movement. helps circulate blood and move food through digestive system |
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Structure: heart, blood vessils, blood
Function: transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones to cells. Fights infection. removes cell waste. Regulates body's temp |
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Structures: bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons
Function: support body, protect internal organs, movement, stores mineral reserves, produces blood cells |
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Structure: nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs
Functions: brings oxygen in, and carbon dioxide out |
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Structure: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small/large intestines, rectum
Functions: breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, eliminates wastes |
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Structures: skin, lungs, liver, kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Function:eliminates waste products from the body |
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Structures: hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, pancreas, ovaries(females), testes (males)
Function: controls growth, development, metabolism, maintains homeostasis |
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Sctructures: testes, epidiymus, vas deferedas, urethra and penis (males) ovaries, falloian tubes, uterus, vagina (females)
Functions: produces gametes, in females: nurtures/protects developing embryo |
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