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| convers surface; protects deeper tissues |
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| nourishes epidermis; provides strength; contains lands |
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| produce hair; innervation provides sensation |
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| provide some protection for head |
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| secrete lipid coating that lubricates hair shaft and epidermis |
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| produce perspiration for evaporative cooling |
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| protect and stiffen distal tips of digits |
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| provide sensations of touch, pressure, temperature, pain |
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| stores lipids; attaches skin to deeper structures |
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| acts as control center for nervous system:processes information; provides short term control over activities of other systems |
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| performs complex integrative functions; controls both voluntary and autonomic activities |
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| relays information to and from brain; performs less-complex integrative functions; directs many simple involuntary activities |
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| links CNS with other systems and with sense organs |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| provides skeletal movement; control entrances and exits of digestive tract; produce heat; support skeletal position; protect soft tissues |
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| support and position axial skeleton |
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| support, move, and brace limbs |
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| harness forces of contraction to perform specific tasks |
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| filter, warm, humidify air; detect smells |
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| nasal cavities, paranasal sinuses |
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| conducts air to larynx; is a chamber shared with the digestive tract (throat) |
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| protects opening to trachea and contains vocal cords (voice box) |
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| filters air, traps particles in mucus; cartilages keep airway open (windpipe) |
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| has same functions as trachea |
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| responsible for air movement through volume changes during movements of ribs and diaphragm; include airways and alveoli |
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| acts as sites of gas exchange between air and blood |
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| carry lymph (water and proteins) and lymphocytes from peripheral tissues to veins of the cardiovascular system |
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| monitor the composition of lymph; macrophages engulf pathogens; stimulate immune response |
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| monitors circulating blood; macrophages engulf pathogens; stimulates immune response |
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| controls development and maintenance of one class of lymphocytes (T cells) |
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| form and concentrate urine; regulate blood pH and ion concentrations; perform endocrine functions |
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| conduct urine from kidney to urinary bladder |
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| tores urine for eventual elimination |
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| conducts urine to exterior |
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| provides buffers and lubrication; produces enzymes that begin digestion |
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| conducts solid food and liquids to esophagus; is a chamber shared with respiratory tract |
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| delivers food to stomach (food tube) |
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| secretes acids and enzymes |
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| secretes digestive enzymes, buffers, and hormones; absorbs nutrients |
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| secretes bile; regulates nutrient composition of blood |
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| stores bile for release into small intestine |
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| secretes digestive enzymes and buffers; contains endocrine cells |
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| removes water from fecal material; stores waste |
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| propels blood; maintains blood pressure |
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| distribute blood around the body |
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| carries blood from heart to capillaries |
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| permit diffusion between blood and interstitial fluids |
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| returns blood from capillaries to the heart |
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| transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, and blood cells; delivers nutrients and hormones; removes waste products; assists in temperature regulation and defense against disease |
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| may control timing of reproduction and set day night rhythms |
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| trolls other endocrine glands; regulates growth and fluid balance |
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| controls tissue metabolic rate; regulates calcium levels |
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| regulate calcium levels (with thyroid) |
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| controls maturation of lymphocytes |
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| adjust water balance, tissue metabolism, cardiovascular and respiratory activity |
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| control red blood cell production and assist in calcium regulation |
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| regulates blood glucose levels |
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| support male sexual characteristics and reproductive functions |
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| support female sexual characteristics and reproductive functions |
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| produce oocytes and hormones |
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| deliver oocyte or embryo to uterus; normal site of fertilization |
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| site of embryonic development and exchange between maternal and embryonic bloodstreams |
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| site of super deposition; acts as birth canal during delivery; provides passageway for fluids during menstruation |
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| contains erectile tissue; produces pleasurable sensations during sexual activities |
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| contain glands that lubricate entrance to vagina |
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| produce milk that nourishes newborn infant |
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| produce sperm and hormones |
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| acts as site of sperm maturation |
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| conducts sperm between epididymis and prostate gland |
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| ductus deferens (sperm duct) |
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| secrete fluid that makes up much of the volume of semen |
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| secretes fluid and enzymes (milky) |
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| conducts semen to exterior |
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| contains erectile tissue; deposits sperm in vagina of female; produces pleasurable sensations during sexual activities |
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| surrounds the testes and controls their temperature |
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| support, protect soft tissues; bone store minerals |
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| bones, cartilages, and joints |
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| protects brain, spinal cord sense organs, and soft tissue of thoracic cavity; supports the body weight over the lower limbs |
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| axial skeleton (skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, sacrum, cartilages, and ligaments) |
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| provides internal support and positioning of the limbs; supports and moves axial skeleton |
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| appendicular skeleton (supporting bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the limbs) |
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| acts as primary site of blood cell production (red blood cells, white blood cells); stores lipid reserves |
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