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| A group of organs preforming a common funtion |
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| The process of maintaining balance within the body |
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Function: to protect the body, helps regulate body temperature, detects sensation (pain, heat, cold)
Components: skin, hair, fingernails, glands (sweat and oil) |
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Function: supports and protects the body, surface area for muscle attachments, aids body movement, stores minerals and lipids
Components: bones, joints, cartilages |
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Function: body movement, produces heat
Components: skeletal muscle tissue (smooth and cardiac muscle tissue) |
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Function: impulses to regulate body activities, detects change in internal and external environment, then responds causing muscular contractions or glandular secretions
Components: brain, spinal cord, nerves, eyes, ears |
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Function: regulates body activity by releasing hormones
Components: glands(hypothalamus, pituitary, thymus, thriod, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries, testes |
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Function: pumpps blood through the body, carries oxygen and nutrients to cells while taking away carbon dioxide and waste
Components: blood, heart, blood vessels |
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