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| FORMS THE EXTERNAL BODY COVERING; PROTECTS DEEPER TISSUES FROM INJURY; SYNTHESIZES VITAMIN D; SIE OF CUTANEOUS (PAIN, PRESSURE, ETC.)RECEPTORS AND OIL SWEAT GLANDS |
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| PROTECTS AND SUPPORT BODY ORGANS; PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK THE MUSCLES USE TO CAUSE MOVEMENT; BLOOD CELLS ARE FORMED WITHIN BONES; STORES MINERALS |
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| ALLOWS MANIPULATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, LOCOMOTION AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS;MAINTAINS POSTURE; PRODUCES HEAT |
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| LYMPHATIC SYSTEM/IMMUNITY |
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| PICKS UP FLUID LEAKED FROM BLOOD VESSELS AND RETURNS IT TO BLOOD; DISPOSES OF DEBRIS IN THE LYMPHATIC STREAM; HOUSES WHITE BLOOD CELLS (LYMPHOCYTES) INVOLVED IN IMMUNITY. THE IMMUNE RESPONSE MOUNTS THE ATTACK AGAINST FOREIGN SUBSTANCES WITHIN THE BODY |
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| KEEPS BLOOD CONSTANTLY SUPPLIED WITH OXYGEN AND REMOVES CARBON DIOXIDE; THE GASEOUS EXCHANGES OCCUR THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE AIR SACS OF THE LUNGS |
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| BREAKS DOWN FOOD INTO ABSORBABLE UNITS THAT ENTER THE BLOOD FOR DISTRIBUTION TO BODY CELLS; INDIGESTIBLE FOODSTUFFS ARE ELIMINATED AS FECES |
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| FAST-ACTING CONTROL SYSTEM OF THE BODY; RESPONDS TO INTERNAL AND EXERNAL CHANGED BY ACTIVATING APPROPRIATE MUSCLES AND GLANDS |
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| GLANDS SECRETE HORMONES THAT REGULATE PROCESSES SUCH AS GROWTH, REPRODUCTION AND NUTRIENT USE (METABOLISM) BY BODY CELLS |
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| BLOOD VESSELS TRANSPORT BLOOD, WHICH CARRIES OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE, NUTRIENTS, WASTES, ETC.; THE HEART PUMPS BLOOD |
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| ELIMINATES NITROGENOUS WASTES FROM THE BODY; REGULATES WATER, ELECTROLYTE AND ACID-BASE BALANCE OF THE BLOOD |
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| OVERALL FUNCTION IS PRODUCTION OF OFFSPRING. TESTES PRODUCE SPERM AND MALE SEX HORMONE, DUCTS AND GLANDS AID IN DELIVERY OF SPERM TO THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT |
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| FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM |
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| OVERALL FUNCTION IS PRODUCTION OF OFFSPRING. OVARIES PRODUCE EGGS AND FEMALE SEX HORMONES; REMAINING STRUCTURES SERVE AS SITES FOR FERTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FETUS. MAMMARY GLANDS OF FEMALE BREASTS PRODUCE MILK TO NOURISH THE NEWBORN |
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