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skeletal system
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system made up of bones that protect soft body organs; works with muscular system
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muscular system
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syatem made up of muscles that move bones by tensing and relaxing;
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nervous system
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syatem that controls all other body systems; contains the sense organs, brain, spinal cord, and nerves; vertebrates have complicated nervous systems, while invertebrates have simple ones; worm has least complicated nervous system
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senses
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sight, hearing, tastem touch, and smell which helps an animal detect changes in its environment
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respiratory system
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system that brings oxygen to the blood through tissues, gills or lungs and removes waste gas; contains diaphram, a muscle that inflates the lungs
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circulatory system
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system that includes the heart, blood, and blood vessels;
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blood
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pumped by the heart through the blood vessels taking food and oxygen to all the cells, and removes carbon dioxide waste from the cells
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excretory system
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system where wastes are removed through the lungs and kidneys;
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digestive system
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system that breaks down food into nutrients that then go into the bloodstream; stomach mixes food, digestive juices break down food, food bits travel to small intestine, and then food breaks into tiny particles carried by the blood
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