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| Integumentary System Components |
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| Skin and structures derived from it such as hair, nails, and sweat and oil glands. |
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| Integumentary System Functions |
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| Helps regulate body temperature; protects the body; eliminates some waste; helps make vitamin D; detects sensations such as pressure, pain, warmth, and cold. |
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| Skeletal System Components |
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Definition
| All the bones of the body, their associated cartilage's, and joints |
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| Skeletal System Functions |
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Definition
| Supports and protects the body, assists with body movements, stores cells that produce blood cells, and stores minerals and lipids (fats) |
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| Muscular System Components |
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Definition
| Specifically refers to skeletal muscle tissue, which is muscle usually attatched to bones (other muscle tissue includes smooth and cardiac) |
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| Muscular System Functions |
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Definition
| Participates in bringing about movement, maintains posture, and produces heat. |
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| Nervous System Components |
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Definition
| Brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sense organs such as the eye and the ear. |
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| Regulates body activities through hormones transported to the blood to various target organs |
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| Endocrine System Components |
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Definition
| All glands and tissues that produce chemical regulators of body functions called hormones |
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| Endocrine System Functions |
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Definition
| Regulates body activities through hormones transported by the blood to various target organs |
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| Cardiovascular System Components |
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Definition
| Blood, heart, and blood vessels |
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| Cardiovascular System Functions |
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Definition
| Heart pumps blood through blood vessels; blood carries oxygen and nutrients to cells and carbon dioxide and wastes away from cells, and helps regulate acidity, temperature, and water content of body fluids; blood components help defend against disease and mend damage blood vessels. |
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| Lymphatic System Components |
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Definition
| Lymphatic fluid and vessels; spleen thymus, lymph nodes, and tonsils; cells that carry out immune responses (B cells, T cells, and others). |
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| Lymphatic System Functions |
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Definition
| Returns proteins and fluid to blood; carries lipids from gastrointestinal tract to blood; contains sites of maturation and proliferation of B cells and cells that protect against disease-causing organisms |
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| Respiratory System Components |
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| Lungs and air passageways such as the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe, and bronchial tubes leading into and out of them). |
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| Respiratory System Functions |
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| Transfer oxygen from inhaled air to blood and carbon dioxide from blood to exhaled air; helps regulate acidity of body fluids; air flowing out of lungs through vocal cords produces sound. |
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| Digestive System Components |
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| Organs of gastrointestinal tract, including the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, rectum, and anus; also includes accessory digestive organs that assist in digestive processes, such as the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. |
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| Digestive System Functions |
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Definition
| Achieves physical and chemical breakdown of food; absorbs nutrients; eliminates solid waste |
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| Urinary System Components |
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Definition
| Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra |
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Definition
| Produces, stores, and eliminates urine; eliminates wastes and regulates volume and chemical composition of blood; maintains body's mineral balance; helps regulate red blood cell production |
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| Reproductive System Components |
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Definition
| Gonads (testes or ovaries) and associated organs; uterine tubes, uterus, and vagina in females, and epididymis, ductus (vas) deferens, and penis in males. Also, mammary glands in females. |
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| Reproductive System Functions |
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| Produce Gametes, release hormones, and mammary glands produce milk |
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